CVE-2026-97438

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: validate index entry key bounds BUG A malformed NTFS directory index entry can advertise a keysize larger than the bytes actually present in its NTFSDE payload. Directory lookup then passes that malformed key to...

CVE-2026-97438 fs/ntfs3: validate index entry key bounds

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: validate index entry key bounds BUG A malformed NTFS directory index entry can advertise a keysize larger than the bytes actually present in its NTFSDE payload. Directory lookup then passes that malformed key to...

CVE-2026-97438

The Linux kernel 's ntfs3 filesystem driver is vulnerable to a slab-out-of-bounds read. The root cause is that index-header validators only checked high-level geometry and failed to verify that individual NTFS_DE entries were properly aligned or that their key_size fit within the payload. A malfo...

CVE-2026-97438

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: validate index entry key bounds BUG A malformed NTFS directory index entry can advertise a keysize larger than the bytes actually present in its NTFSDE payload. Directory lookup then passes that malformed key to...