What is CVE-2026-72206?

CVE-2026-72206 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability. CVE-2026-72206 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-72206?

CVE-2026-72206 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-72206?

Yes, CVE-2026-72206 has been patched. Fixed versions include 7.1.5 and 7.2-rc1.

Is CVE-2026-72206 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-72206 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-72206

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: validate index block header more strictly Modify ntfs_index_block_inconsisent() to perform stricter validation of INDEX_HEADER geometry in INDX blocks, and update ntfs_lookup_inode_by_name() to use that function to validate INDX blocks.

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-2026-72206?

CVE-2026-72206 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . CVE-2026-72206 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-72206?

Yes. CVE-2026-72206 has been patched. Fixed versions include 7.1.5 and 7.2-rc1.
Is CVE-2026-72206 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-72206 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.