{"id":"CVE-2026-98141","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs: propagate reparse index insertion failure\n\nupdate_reparse_data() ignores the return value of\nset_reparse_index()","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs: propagate reparse index insertion failure\n\nupdate_reparse_data() ignores the return value of\nset_reparse_index(). When index insertion fails, the code removes\nthe…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= fc053f05ca282a5e760b41f6560ac835c4e28037 < c62f446c63398dc7151f413069bf617032cf7a71","Linux >= fc053f05ca282a5e760b41f6560ac835c4e28037 < 9692b1b4fc00cf89628bc43f71729ab21f14f8d3","Linux 7.1"],"published":"2026-09-25","updated":"2026-09-25","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-25T11:17:45.603","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98141","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9692b1b4fc00cf89628bc43f71729ab21f14f8d3","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c62f446c63398dc7151f413069bf617032cf7a71","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-25T11:06:38.809Z","slug":"CVE-2026-98141","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs: propagate reparse index insertion failure\n\nupdate_reparse_data() ignores the return value of\nset_reparse_index(). When index insertion fails, the code removes\nthe just-written reparse data as cleanup but still returns 0, so\nsymlink(2) (and WSL special file creation) reports success while\nno reparse data exists on disk. When there was no previous reparse\ndata (oldsize == 0), the failure was likewise silently ignored.\n\nPropagate the error to the caller.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}