| Name | CVE-2026-72201 |
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: validate index entries on reading Validate index entries immediately after reading an index root or index block from disk. This eliminates repeated checks in lookup and readdir, and reduce the risk of missing checks in those paths. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | bookworm | 6.1.176-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.180-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.12.94-1 | fixed |
| trixie (security) | 6.12.107-1 | fixed |
| forky | 7.1.12-1 | fixed |
| sid | 7.1.13-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | bullseye | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | bookworm | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | trixie | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 7.1.5-1 | | | |
Notes
[trixie] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bookworm] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/2221b691d7b2e17f08153f95848dacaa5d87e21d (7.2-rc1)