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CVE

CVE-2026-72206

ntfs: validate index block header more strictly
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CVE

CVE-2026-72206

ntfs: validate index block header more strictly

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ntfs: validate index block header more strictly

Modify ntfsindexblock_inconsisent() to perform stricter validation of

INDEX_HEADER geometry in INDX blocks, and update

ntfslookupinodebyname() to use that function to validate INDX

blocks.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
9.8
-
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
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
-

Related Resources

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References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14bc34fe948523dc2b0174691f9af9e74eb4f3fd, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34a49b3e94a50f45b62c6e6f574f676a079ba23e, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72206.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72206, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Severity

9.8

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Base CVSS
9.8
EPSS Probability
0.00516%
EPSS Percentile
0.41721%
Introduced Version
1e9ea7e04472d4e5e12e58c881eaacfb3e49b669,7.1.0,0
Fix Available
14bc34fe948523dc2b0174691f9af9e74eb4f3fd,7.1.5

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