CVE-2026-72206

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

Description An issue exists in the NTFS driver where index block headers are not strictly validated. The fix involves modifying the ntfs index block inconsisent() function to implement stricter validation of the INDEX HEADER geometry within INDX blocks and updating the ntfs lookup inode by name() function to utilize this validation process.

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