CVE-2026-72206

Summary

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 Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 34a49b3e94a50f45b62c6e6f574f676a079ba23eaffected
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 14bc34fe948523dc2b0174691f9af9e74eb4f3fdaffected
LinuxLinux0 < 7.1.5affected
LinuxLinux7.1.5 <= 7.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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