CVE
CVE-2026-72201
ntfs: validate index entries on reading
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.
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CVSS Version
Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
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9.8
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
0
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
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References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2221b691d7b2e17f08153f95848dacaa5d87e21d, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2b95d3adb558ddd5685f9e072ec8661d57ee3a9, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72201.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72201, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git