CVE-2026-72206: Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 7.1, before 7.1.5 (fixed in 7.1.5)

Published 2026-08-15. Last modified 2026-08-18.