CVE-2026-72477: fs/ntfs3: call _ntfs_bad_inode() when failing to rename

Critical severity · published Aug 15, 2026

CVE-2026-72477

fs/ntfs3: call _ntfs_bad_inode() when failing to rename

9.8

CVSS

0.6%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: call _ntfs_bad_inode() when failing to rename It is safe to call _ntfs_bad_inode on live inodes since: commit 519b078998ce ("fs/ntfs3: Exclude call make_bad_inode for live nodes.") The WARN_ON was added when it wasn't safe by: commit d99208b91933 ("fs/ntfs3: cancle set bad inode after removing name fails") Replace the WARN_ON with a call to _ntfs_bad_inode() to prevent further operations on the inconsistent inode.

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 51% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Linux · Linux

519b078998ce6e729f98dccf35505b4756985d11 before 580896e33003845de66c75cd61544cf9d9bfbe15; 519b078998ce6e729f98dccf35505b4756985d11 before ff825bf0521f6da2f30878cbad18ab7b341bc31b; 519b078998ce6e729f98dccf35505b4756985d11 before e8ed78f40eecd0176fda71d673f6957c98e7ffbe; 6.17 · source: vendor

Affected product

Linux

All Linux CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72477

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72477

git.kernel.org

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/580896e33003845de66c75cd61544cf9d9bfbe15

git.kernel.org

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

git.kernel.org

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