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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2026-72201

ntfs: validate index entries on reading

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: validate index entries on reading Validate index entries immediately after reading an index root or index block from disk. This eliminates repeated checks in lookup and readdir, and reduce the risk of missing checks in those paths.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0a8ac0c1fa0b99a5b29002bc7f232ed7eafddef0 to < e2b95d3adb558ddd5685f9e072ec8661d57ee3a9affected
  • 0a8ac0c1fa0b99a5b29002bc7f232ed7eafddef0 to < 2221b691d7b2e17f08153f95848dacaa5d87e21daffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 7.1affected
  • 0 to < 7.1unaffected
  • 7.1.5 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

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