SB20260815251 - Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel ntfs3

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Improper control of a resource through its lifetime (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-72477)

CWE-ID: CWE-664 - Improper control of a resource through its lifetime

CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of an inconsistent inode state in ntfs3 rename handling when renaming files or directories. A local user can trigger a rename failure that leaves the inode inconsistent to cause a denial of service.

The issue affects the ntfs3 filesystem code path that handles failed rename rollback.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8ed78f40eecd0176fda71d673f6957c98e7ffbe
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff825bf0521f6da2f30878cbad18ab7b341bc31b