CVE-2026-98139 PUBLISHED

ntfs: only count successfully cleared runs when freeing clusters

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

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

ntfs: only count successfully cleared runs when freeing clusters

ntfs_cluster_free_from_rl_nolock() adds a run's length to nr_freed whenever the error bookkeeping condition is false, which includes cases where ntfs_bitmap_clear_run() actually failed - e.g. a second run failing with the same errno as an earlier one, or any failure after a non-ENOMEM error was already recorded. Since a failed ntfs_bitmap_clear_run() rolls back its partial modifications, no bits were cleared for that run, yet its length still inflates vol->free_clusters, corrupting statfs output and the allocator's free space gate.

Only count runs whose bitmap clear succeeded.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 11ccc9107dc460de28af90fac1f42404d9802735 to 7eb97d8828e7758b9c81277f7802e740a800f78a (excl.)
  • affected from 11ccc9107dc460de28af90fac1f42404d9802735 to be9e89ccb8e52a3e4b67feeb03ebd8133091dc7e (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 7.1 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 7.1 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc2 to * (incl.)

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