{"id":"CVE-2026-72477","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: call _ntfs_bad_inode() when failing to rename\n\nIt is safe to call _ntfs_bad_inode on live inodes since:\n  commit 519b078998ce (\"fs/ntfs3: Exclude call make_ba…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: call _ntfs_bad_inode() when failing to rename\n\nIt is safe to call _ntfs_bad_inode on live inodes since:\n  commit 519b078998ce (\"fs/ntfs3: Exclude call make_ba…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 519b078998ce6e729f98dccf35505b4756985d11 < 580896e33003845de66c75cd61544cf9d9bfbe15","Linux >= 519b078998ce6e729f98dccf35505b4756985d11 < ff825bf0521f6da2f30878cbad18ab7b341bc31b","Linux >= 519b078998ce6e729f98dccf35505b4756985d11 < e8ed78f40eecd0176fda71d673f6957c98e7ffbe","Linux 6.17"],"published":"2026-08-15","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T11:17:44.060","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72477","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/580896e33003845de66c75cd61544cf9d9bfbe15","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8ed78f40eecd0176fda71d673f6957c98e7ffbe","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff825bf0521f6da2f30878cbad18ab7b341bc31b","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00553,"epssPercentile":0.44886,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T11:00:41.682Z","slug":"CVE-2026-72477","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: call _ntfs_bad_inode() when failing to rename\n\nIt is safe to call _ntfs_bad_inode on live inodes since:\n  commit 519b078998ce (\"fs/ntfs3: Exclude call make_bad_inode for live nodes.\")\n\nThe WARN_ON was added when it wasn't safe by:\n  commit d99208b91933 (\"fs/ntfs3: cancle set bad inode after removing name fails\")\n\nReplace the WARN_ON with a call to _ntfs_bad_inode() to prevent further\noperations on the inconsistent inode.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}