Security Advisory

CVE-2026-72204

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-08-15 05:54:01
Last updated 2026-08-18 06:56:23
Assigner Linux
CVSS score 8.4
State PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: centalize $INDEX_ROOT header validation Add a dedicated helper to perform stricter validation of $INDEX_ROOT and use it for both directory inodes and named index inodes. This keeps the root size and header geometry checks consistent across both read paths.