PT-2026-72389 · Linux · Linux Kernel

CVE-2026-72201

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Published

2026-08-15

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Updated

2026-08-18

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description An issue exists in the NTFS driver where index entries were not validated immediately after being read from the disk. This lack of early validation required repeated checks during lookup and readdir operations and increased the risk of missing necessary checks in those execution paths.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

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Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-72201

Affected Products

Linux Kernel