CVE-2026-98315 PUBLISHED

ntfs: protect runlist updates with the runlist lock

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 06.10.2026 Updated: 06.10.2026

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

ntfs: protect runlist updates with the runlist lock

ntfs_non_resident_attr_shrink() calls runlist helpers that require the runlist write lock, but did not hold it while freeing clusters and truncating the runlist. Serialize those operations and the resident conversion with the runlist lock.

ntfs_attr_map_cluster() can merge a newly allocated run before updating mapping pairs. If the update fails, free the clusters and restore both the in-memory runlist and on-disk mapping pairs from a saved runlist. Mark the volume in error if either rollback step fails.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 495e90fa334828d4119061e2726af51d0a0fb4ed to 742797432e8c9b0dd54ecc523c185e26b09d79a0 (excl.)
  • affected from 495e90fa334828d4119061e2726af51d0a0fb4ed to 91709ba5d6d709b2b663287b7e871e2c6b480502 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 7.1 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 7.1 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.8 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc4 to * (incl.)

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