CVE-2026-72206

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: validate index block header more strictly Modify ntfs_index_block_inconsisent() to perform stricter validation of INDEX_HEADER geometry in INDX blocks, and update ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name() to use that function to validate INDX blocks.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14bc34fe948523dc2b0174691f9af9e74eb4f3fd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34a49b3e94a50f45b62c6e6f574f676a079ba23e