Answer in brief
CVE-2026-72203 records a High severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in ntfs: skip extent mft records in writeback to prevent deadlock. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <f831ab09d521898bf1dd99bf5adfd630ea1428e3 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <76bc14c7097ff678b2b5dbfd4fa33b46897d87ce || >=0 <7.1.5 | f831ab09d521898bf1dd99bf5adfd630ea1428e3, 76bc14c7097ff678b2b5dbfd4fa33b46897d87ce, 7.1.5 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <f831ab09d521898bf1dd99bf5adfd630ea1428e3 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <76bc14c7097ff678b2b5dbfd4fa33b46897d87ce | f831ab09d521898bf1dd99bf5adfd630ea1428e3, 76bc14c7097ff678b2b5dbfd4fa33b46897d87ce |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 2.6.12 | Not reported |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <7ffa8f3d30236e0ab897c30bdb01224ff1fe1c89 || >=1e9ea7e04472d4e5e12e58c881eaacfb3e49b669 <f831ab09d521898bf1dd99bf5adfd630ea1428e3 || >=1e9ea7e04472d4e5e12e58c881eaacfb3e49b669 <76bc14c7097ff678b2b5dbfd4fa33b46897d87ce | 7ffa8f3d30236e0ab897c30bdb01224ff1fe1c89, f831ab09d521898bf1dd99bf5adfd630ea1428e3, 76bc14c7097ff678b2b5dbfd4fa33b46897d87ce |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 2.6.12 || 7.1 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 19, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: skip extent mft records in writeback to prevent deadlock This patch fixes the ABBA deadlock between extent_lock and extent mrec_lock triggered by xfstests generic/113, that occurs since the commit 6994acf33bae ("ntfs: use base mft_no when looking up base inode for extent record"). Path A (inode writeback): VFS writeback -> ntfs_write_inode() -> __ntfs_write_inode() -> mutex_lock(&ni->extent_lock) -> mutex_lock(&tni->mrec_lock) Path B (MFT folio writeback): VFS writeback of $MFT dirty folios -> ntfs_mft_writepages() -> ntfs_write_mft_block() -> ntfs_may_write_mft_record() -> holds one extent mrec_lock from a previous iteration -> tries to acquire another base inode extent_lock By removing all extent_lock and extent mrec_lock acquisition from the MFT folio writeback path, the ABBA lock ordering is eliminated: Path A: __ntfs_write_inode(): extent_lock -> mrec_lock Path B (removed): ntfs_write_mft_block(): mrec_lock -> extent_lock Path B is always redundant for extent records because: 1. mark_mft_record_dirty(ext_ni) does NOT dirty the MFT folio. It only sets NInoDirty(ext_ni) and marks the base VFS inode dirty via __mark_inode_dirty(I_DIRTY_DATASYNC), which triggers Path A. Therefore, normal extent modifications never create a situation where the MFT folio is dirty and Path B is not scheduled. 2. The MFT folio only gets dirtied via ntfs_mft_mark_dirty() inside ntfs_mft_record_alloc(). But all identified callers in attrib.c (ntfs_attr_add, ntfs_attr_record_move_away, ntfs_attr_make_non_resident, ntfs_attr_record_resize) follow through with mark_mft_record_dirty(), which triggers Path A to write the complete record. 3. ntfs_evict_big_inode() calls ntfs_commit_inode() before freeing extent inodes, ensuring all dirty extents are flushed via Path A before the base inode leaves the icache.
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