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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2026-72206

ntfs: validate index block header more strictly

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
Linux

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: validate index block header more strictly Modify ntfs_index_block_inconsisent() to perform stricter validation of INDEX_HEADER geometry in INDX blocks, and update ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name() to use that function to validate INDX blocks.

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

  • 1e9ea7e04472d4e5e12e58c881eaacfb3e49b669 to < 34a49b3e94a50f45b62c6e6f574f676a079ba23eaffected
  • 1e9ea7e04472d4e5e12e58c881eaacfb3e49b669 to < 14bc34fe948523dc2b0174691f9af9e74eb4f3fdaffected

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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