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GHSA-J9WR-X478-Q66C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-19 09:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ntfs: detect mapping-pairs LCN accumulator overflow

The NTFS mapping-pairs parser accumulates relative LCN deltas in a signed integer. A corrupted attribute can drive that addition past the representable range.

One corrupt runlist shape sets the accumulated LCN to S64_MAX and then adds a delta of 1 in the next mapping-pairs entry.

Signed overflow is undefined and can turn an invalid runlist into a different set of physical clusters.

Check the LCN addition for overflow before storing the next run.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-72200"
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  "id": "GHSA-j9wr-x478-q66c",
  "modified": "2026-08-19T09:31:22Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:32:15Z",
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CVE-2026-72200 (GCVE-0-2026-72200)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:53 – Updated: 2026-08-19 07:37

Title

ntfs: detect mapping-pairs LCN accumulator overflow

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: detect mapping-pairs LCN accumulator overflow The NTFS mapping-pairs parser accumulates relative LCN deltas in a signed integer. A corrupted attribute can drive that addition past the representable range. One corrupt runlist shape sets the accumulated LCN to S64_MAX and then adds a delta of 1 in the next mapping-pairs entry. Signed overflow is undefined and can turn an invalid runlist into a different set of physical clusters. Check the LCN addition for overflow before storing the next run.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ffa8f3d30236e0ab…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fb64788812d137b3…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec4f061f2219e0f0c…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 7ffa8f3d30236e0ab897c30bdb01224ff1fe1c89 (git) Affected: 1e9ea7e04472d4e5e12e58c881eaacfb3e49b669 , < 7fb64788812d137b37f6d8724e1e41c624c1e814 (git) Affected: 1e9ea7e04472d4e5e12e58c881eaacfb3e49b669 , < ec4f061f2219e0f0c6465d56d0380bf749235a53 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.12 Affected: 7.1 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.12 (semver) Unaffected: 6.9 , < 7.1 (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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