CVE-2026-72477

critical · 9.8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: call _ntfs_bad_inode() when failing to rename It is safe to call _ntfs_bad_inode on live inodes since: commit 519b078998ce ("fs/ntfs3: Exclude call make_bad_inode for live nodes.") The WARN_ON was added when it wasn't safe by: commit d99208b91933 ("fs/ntfs3: cancle set bad inode after removing name fails") Replace the WARN_ON with a call to _ntfs_bad_inode() to prevent further operations on the inconsistent inode.

9.8

CVSS

0.6%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

44th

EPSS percentile

2026-08-15

Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8ed78f40eecd0176fda71d673f6957c98e7ffbe
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff825bf0521f6da2f30878cbad18ab7b341bc31b

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-72477