Critical severity · published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-72207
ntfs: not change 0-byte $DATA attribute to non-resident
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ntfs: not change 0-byte $DATA attribute to non-resident
When ntfs_resident_attr_resize() cannot grow a resident attribute in
place, it retries after converting other resident attributes to
non-resident to free space in the MFT recrord.
Do not select zero-length resident $DATA attributes for this conversion.
fsck treats 0-byte non-resident $DATA attribute as corruptions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
495e90fa334828d4119061e2726af51d0a0fb4ed before ceb49c37250125d418410988f2376ed4d57a6706; 495e90fa334828d4119061e2726af51d0a0fb4ed before 0aad21570197973af4a1b25b3fb8ed3aeb9e7670; 7.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72207
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72207
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0aad21570197973af4a1b25b3fb8ed3aeb9e7670
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceb49c37250125d418410988f2376ed4d57a6706
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