Bug 2516498 (CVE-2026-72206) - CVE-2026-72206 kernel: ntfs: validate index block header more strictly
Summary: CVE-2026-72206 kernel: ntfs: validate index block header more strictly
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72206
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:15 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-18 15:26 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:15:39 UTC
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.


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