CVE-2026-72471
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CVE-2026-72471 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.1/10 on the CVSS scale. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: prevent potential lcn remains uninitialized The target VCN being sought was not found within runs[0], causing run_lookup() to return false. This causes run_lookup_entry() to return false, which in turn results in a len value of 0, and the new parameter passed to attr_data_get_block() is NULL. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: prevent potential lcn remains uninitialized The target VCN being sought was not found within runs[0], causing run_lookup() to return false. This causes run_lookup_entry() to return false, which in turn results in a len value of 0, and the new parameter passed to attr_data_get_block() is NULL. Collectively, these factors ultimately cause attr_data_get_block_locked() to exit prematurely without initializing lcn, thereby triggering [1]. To prevent [1], the clen check within ni_seek_data_or_hole() has been moved to occur before the lcn check. [1] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ni_seek_data_or_hole+0x24f/0x5f0 fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:2862 ni_seek_data_or_hole+0x24f/0x5f0 fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:2862 ntfs_llseek+0x22a/0x4a0 fs/ntfs3/file.c:1530 vfs_llseek fs/read_write.c:391 [inline]
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Affected Software
Source: CNA advisory (CVE.org). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= c61326967728392931f8a2240cb2cf4c81b523c1, < 7ae7e98b71438c494532492cbf58fc0d7f7988bb; >= c61326967728392931f8a2240cb2cf4c81b523c1, < 57ac2831c8e0f168090d38e3de758c6a59db44db |
| Linux | Linux | 7.0 |
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