Unscored severity · published Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-99101
ntfs: move attribute payload before shrinking its record
New
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CVSS
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EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ntfs: move attribute payload before shrinking its record
ntfs_new_attr_flags() resizes the non-resident attribute record before
moving its name and mapping pairs to their shorter-header offsets when
compression or sparse state is cleared.
Shrinking the record first moves the following attribute over the tail of
the old record. The subsequent memmove() therefore copies bytes from that
following attribute instead of the old mapping pairs. Re-enabling
compression on an empty file persists those bytes as a malformed mapping
pairs array, which ntfsck reports as a missing or invalid run length.
Move the payload before shrinking the record, while retaining the existing
resize-before-move ordering when growing it.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 7dc2c524608039d1b082a0087f7aa0751edd4ffb; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 0ab6dc1ac4601c8d79e5448a024daed6b0c5ef64; before 7.2.13 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99101
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99101
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dc2c524608039d1b082a0087f7aa0751edd4ffb
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ab6dc1ac4601c8d79e5448a024daed6b0c5ef64
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