CVE-2026-72197

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: bound DeleteIndexEntryAllocation memmo...

CVE-2026-72197 is fixed in 56 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72197, released August 15, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.4
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0019
8th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: bound DeleteIndexEntryAllocation memmove length In do_action()'s DeleteIndexEntryAllocation case, e->size comes from an on-disk INDEX_BUFFER entry. When e->size makes e + e->size point past hdr + hdr->used, PtrOffset(e1, Add2Ptr(hdr, used)) returns a negative ptrdiff_t that is silently cast to a quasi-infinite size_t when passed to memmove(). The memmove then walks past the destination buffer. The sibling DeleteIndexEntryRoot case at fslog.c:3540-3543 already carries the corresponding guard: if (PtrOffset(e1, Add2Ptr(hdr, used)) < esize || Add2Ptr(e, esize) > Add2Ptr(lrh, rec_len) || used + esize > le32_to_cpu(hdr->total)) { goto dirty_vol; } Apply the same shape to the allocation-path case. Also reject esize == 0: memmove(e, e, ...) is a no-op and leaves hdr->used unchanged, hiding a malformed entry from the existing check_index_header() walk. Reproduced under UML+KASAN on mainline 8d90b09e6741 by mounting a crafted NTFS image: the unguarded memmove takes a length of 0xffffffffffffff00 and the kernel oopses in memmove+0x81/0x1a0 on the do_action+0x36a2 frame. [almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com: clang-formatted the changes]

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
bpftool-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
bpftool6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
bpftool6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
bpftool6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
bpftool6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
kernel · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
kernel-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
kernel-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
kernel-headers · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
kernel-livepatch-6.1.180-225.360 · amzn 2023 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
kernel-livepatch-6.12.100-125.179 · amzn 2023 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
kernel-livepatch-6.18.41-94.142 · amzn 2023 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
kernel-modules-extra · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
kernel-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
kernel-tools · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
kernel-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
kernel-tools-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
kernel6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
kernel6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
kernel6.12-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
kernel6.12-headers · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
kernel6.12-modules-extra · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
kernel6.12-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
kernel6.12-tools · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
kernel6.12-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
kernel6.12-tools-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
kernel6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
kernel6.18-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
kernel6.18-headers · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
kernel6.18-modules-extra · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
kernel6.18-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
kernel6.18-tools · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
kernel6.18-tools-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.180-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72197 Aug 15, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.100-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72197 Aug 15, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.1.5-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72197 Aug 15, 2026
microvm-kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
perf · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
perf6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
perf6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
perf6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
python3-perf · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
python3-perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Aug 17, 2026
python3-perf6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
python3-perf6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Aug 17, 2026
python3-perf6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026
python3-perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2071 Aug 31, 2026

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