{
  "cveId": "CVE-2026-72188",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72188",
  "summary": "CVE-2026-72188 is fixed in linux on 1 platform by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72188 (version 7.1.5-1), released August 15, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.",
  "title": "linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  ntfs: sanitize MFT references returned from ntfs...",
  "description": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  ntfs: sanitize MFT references returned from ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name()  ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name() returns MFT references read from directory index entries on disk. These values are untrusted, but the function can currently return an error-marked MFT reference to its callers without validating it.  Callers later decode lookup failures with MREF_ERR(). A crafted NTFS image can set the MREF error bit while leaving the low bits as an arbitrary value, causing callers to consume a bogus pseudo-errno instead of treating the lookup result as corrupted on-disk metadata.  Fix this at the source by normalizing every error-marked MFT reference returned from ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name() to ERR_MREF(-EIO). Apply this to all four directory lookup return paths so every caller gets a validated result without needing additional checks or an API change.  This keeps the sanitization in the common lookup helper, which is cleaner than duplicating validation in each caller.",
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:21:37Z",
  "severity": "critical",
  "cvss": 9.1,
  "cvssVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H",
  "epss": 0.00501,
  "epssPercentile": 0.43161,
  "priority": "Urgent",
  "priorityTier": 2,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "linux",
      "release": "Debian 14",
      "fixedVersion": "7.1.5-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72188",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-72188",
      "released": "2026-08-15T22:38:55Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T13:06:02Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}