{"id":"CVE-2026-98141","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"ntfs: propagate reparse index insertion failure","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs: propagate reparse index insertion failure\n\nupdate_reparse_data() ignores the return value of\nset_reparse_index(). When index insertion fails, the code removes\nthe just-written reparse data as cleanup but still returns 0, so\nsymlink(2) (and WSL special file creation) reports success while\nno reparse data exists on disk. When there was no previous reparse\ndata (oldsize == 0), the failure was likewise silently ignored.\n\nPropagate the error to the caller.","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T10:36:17.213Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T09:14:34.773Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"fc053f05ca282a5e760b41f6560ac835c4e28037","status":"affected","lessThan":"c62f446c63398dc7151f413069bf617032cf7a71","versionType":"git"},{"version":"fc053f05ca282a5e760b41f6560ac835c4e28037","status":"affected","lessThan":"9692b1b4fc00cf89628bc43f71729ab21f14f8d3","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/ntfs/reparse.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"7.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"7.1","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.7","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/ntfs/reparse.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c62f446c63398dc7151f413069bf617032cf7a71","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9692b1b4fc00cf89628bc43f71729ab21f14f8d3"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:13:43.249Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98141.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-98141","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-09-25T10:36:17.213Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:14:34.773Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:25:14.319Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"ntfs: propagate reparse index insertion failure","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs: propagate reparse index insertion failure\n\nupdate_reparse_data() ignores the return value of\nset_reparse_index(). When index insertion fails, the code removes\nthe just-written reparse data as cleanup but still returns 0, so\nsymlink(2) (and WSL special file creation) reports success while\nno reparse data exists on disk. When there was no previous reparse\ndata (oldsize == 0), the failure was likewise silently ignored.\n\nPropagate the error to the caller."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"fc053f05ca282a5e760b41f6560ac835c4e28037","status":"affected","lessThan":"c62f446c63398dc7151f413069bf617032cf7a71","versionType":"git"},{"version":"fc053f05ca282a5e760b41f6560ac835c4e28037","status":"affected","lessThan":"9692b1b4fc00cf89628bc43f71729ab21f14f8d3","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/ntfs/reparse.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"7.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"7.1","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.7","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/ntfs/reparse.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c62f446c63398dc7151f413069bf617032cf7a71"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9692b1b4fc00cf89628bc43f71729ab21f14f8d3"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:14:34.773Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"7.1","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.7"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"7.1","versionEndExcluding":"7.3"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}}