CVE-2026-72471fs/ntfs3: prevent potential lcn remains uninitialized
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: prevent potential lcn remains uninitialized The target VCN being sought was not found within runs[0], causing run_lookup() to return false. This causes run_lookup_entry() to return false, which in turn results in a len value of 0, and the new parameter passed to attr_data_get_block() is NULL. Collectively, these factors ultimately cause attr_data_get_block_locked() to exit prematurely without initializing lcn, thereby triggering [1]. To prevent [1], the clen check within ni_seek_data_or_hole() has been moved to occur before the lcn check. [1] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ni_seek_data_or_hole+0x24f/0x5f0 fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:2862 ni_seek_data_or_hole+0x24f/0x5f0 fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:2862 ntfs_llseek+0x22a/0x4a0 fs/ntfs3/file.c:1530 vfs_llseek fs/read_write.c:391 [inline]
- CVSS
- 7.1 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Received
- Record last updated
- Aug 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from c61326967728392931f8a2240cb2cf4c81b523c1 before 7ae7e98b71438c494532492cbf58fc0d7f7988bb; from c61326967728392931f8a2240cb2cf4c81b523c1 before 57ac2831c8e0f168090d38e3de758c6a59db44db | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae7e98b71438c494532492cbf58fc0d7f7988bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57ac2831c8e0f168090d38e3de758c6a59db44db
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