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CVE-2026-72204

ntfs: centalize $INDEX_ROOT header validation PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: centalize $INDEX_ROOT header validation Add a dedicated helper to perform stricter validation of $INDEX_ROOT and use it for both directory inodes and named index inodes. This keeps the root size and header geometry checks consistent across both read paths.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 0a8ac0c1fa0b99a5b29002bc7f232ed7eafddef0 before b06730c6af58d3569883f8dd7c36a90aba5ecc0a; affected 0a8ac0c1fa0b99a5b29002bc7f232ed7eafddef0 before 8b97b302f553a480fb76d2afd53cd6c0635a9dcd
Linux / Linuxaffected 7.1; unaffected 0 before 7.1; unaffected 7.1.5 through 7.1.*; unaffected 7.2 through *

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

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