CVE-2026-72477

Summary

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

fs/ntfs3: call _ntfs_bad_inode() when failing to rename

It is safe to call _ntfs_bad_inode on live inodes since: commit 519b078998ce ("fs/ntfs3: Exclude call make_bad_inode for live nodes.")

The WARN_ON was added when it wasn't safe by: commit d99208b91933 ("fs/ntfs3: cancle set bad inode after removing name fails")

Replace the WARN_ON with a call to _ntfs_bad_inode() to prevent further operations on the inconsistent inode.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux519b078998ce6e729f98dccf35505b4756985d11 < ff825bf0521f6da2f30878cbad18ab7b341bc31baffected
LinuxLinux519b078998ce6e729f98dccf35505b4756985d11 < e8ed78f40eecd0176fda71d673f6957c98e7ffbeaffected
LinuxLinux6.17affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.17unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1.5 <= 7.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2 <= *unaffected

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