Linux kernel NTFS driver fails to convert resident attributes
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Linux kernel from version 7.1 has a flaw in the NTFS driver's ntfs_new_attr_flags function. When sparse or compressed flags are set on a resident attribute, the function skips the resident-to-non-resident conversion and terminates.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: fix resident conversion in ntfs_new_attr_flags When setting sparse/compressed flags on a resident attribute, the function skipped the resident-to-non-resident conversion and terminated.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Update the Linux kernel to version 7.2.13 or 7.3, which fix this flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 7.2.13, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-99260
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-3r55-7q73-gqx7
- 2026-11-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@0 · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-99260 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-99260 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3r55-7q73-gqx7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-99260 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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