CVE-2026-72201

Summary

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 Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < e2b95d3adb558ddd5685f9e072ec8661d57ee3a9affected
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 2221b691d7b2e17f08153f95848dacaa5d87e21daffected
LinuxLinux0 < 7.1.5affected
LinuxLinux7.1.5 <= 7.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

References