What is CVE-2026-72201?

CVE-2026-72201 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability. CVE-2026-72201 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-72201?

CVE-2026-72201 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-72201?

Yes, CVE-2026-72201 has been patched. Fixed versions include 7.1.5 and 7.2-rc1.

Is CVE-2026-72201 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-72201 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-72201

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: validate index entries on reading Validate index entries immediately after reading an index root or index block from disk. This eliminates repeated checks in lookup and readdir, and reduce the risk of missing checks in those paths.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-08-15

Last modified 2026-08-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Fixed in 7.1.5, 7.2-rc1 and their respective stable series.

Fixed in

✓ 7.1.5 7.1.x ✓ 7.2-rc1

References

2 total

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-72201?

CVE-2026-72201 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . CVE-2026-72201 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-72201?

Yes. CVE-2026-72201 has been patched. Fixed versions include 7.1.5 and 7.2-rc1.
Is CVE-2026-72201 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-72201 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.