CVE-2026-89612

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: reject invalid MFT LCNs from boot sector The NTFS boot sector stores the MFT and MFTMirr locations as unsigned 64-bit LCNs, but parse_ntfs_boot_sector() decoded them into an s64. A crafted high-bit value could therefore become negative and pass the existing upper-bound check. The invalid value then propagated into the MFT zone allocator and could result in an out-of-bounds access to lcn_empty_bits_per_page.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f8420b68a6f05ca2b03779d8208814ec539b9e5
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc9d09fef78410bcd37ac05168cbd5f6dd75d3d2

Configurations

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-09-11 20:19

Updated : 2026-09-13 07:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-89612

Mitre link : CVE-2026-89612

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-89612

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Products Affected

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CWE

No CWE.

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