CVE-2026-72184

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory leak occurs in the NTFS driver when processing non-resident attributes. The function ntfs non resident attr insert range() allocates the hole rl variable before mapping the runlist. If the ntfs attr map whole runlist() function fails, the error handling path releases the ni->runlist.lock and returns without freeing hole rl, resulting in a memory leak of sizeof(*hole rl) * 2 bytes.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.