High 7.1Published May 6, 2026

CVE-2025-71289fs/ntfs3: handle attr_set_size() errors when truncating files

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 4:10 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: handle attr_set_size() errors when truncating files If attr_set_size() fails while truncating down, the error is silently ignored and the inode may be left in an inconsistent state.

CVSS: 7.1 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Aug 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 builds before 92300ac7ff17cad67ff2f3fbb7003afa326134e0; 4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 builds before 3a718675d6af4992e34ffe86b8f36d471a5afe0e; from 4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 before d73dcd1520d65a34420761641a36b951b14c8c53; 4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 builds before 6dfea43d11513b7f2892529de55e8f0855108a2c; 4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 builds before 576248a34b927e93b2fd3fff7df735ba73ad7d01	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 5.15 before 6.19.6	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92300ac7ff17cad67ff2f3fbb7003afa326134e0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a718675d6af4992e34ffe86b8f36d471a5afe0e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d73dcd1520d65a34420761641a36b951b14c8c53
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dfea43d11513b7f2892529de55e8f0855108a2c	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/576248a34b927e93b2fd3fff7df735ba73ad7d01	patch

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