---
id: CVE-2026-72477
title: |-
  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_ba…
summary: |-
  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_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'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.