CVE-2026-43245

ntfs: ->d_compare() must not block

High · published May 6, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
49.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ntfs: ->d_compare() must not block

... so don't use __getname() there. Switch it (and ntfs_d_hash(), while

we are at it) to kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_NOWAIT). Yes, ntfs_d_hash()

almost certainly can do with smaller allocations, but let ntfs folks

deal with that - keep the allocation size as-is for now.

Stop abusing names_cachep in ntfs, period - various uses of that thing

in there have nothing to do with pathnames; just use k[mz]alloc() and

be done with that. For now let's keep sizes as-in, but AFAICS none of

the users actually want PATH_MAX.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00630 · 49.5th percentile
Published
2026-05-06T11:28Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAY 11:28Z
    ntfs: ->d_compare() must not block
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