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CVE-2026-72206

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.8 Published: 2026-08-15 Modified: 2026-08-18

Description

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 Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

Unknown

References