CVE-2026-72201

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72201
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72201.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-72201
Downstream
Published
2026-08-15T05:53:58Z
Modified
2026-08-20T03:30:41Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
ntfs: validate index entries on reading
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72201.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0a8ac0c1fa0b99a5b29002bc7f232ed7eafddef0
Fixed
e2b95d3adb558ddd5685f9e072ec8661d57ee3a9
Fixed
2221b691d7b2e17f08153f95848dacaa5d87e21d

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72201.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
7.1.0
Fixed
7.1.5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72201.json"