# CVE-2026-89612: ntfs: reject invalid MFT LCNs from boot sector

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.4
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 11ccc9107dc460de28af90fac1f42404d9802735, fixed in 8f8420b68a6f05ca2b03779d8208814ec539b9e5; from 11ccc9107dc460de28af90fac1f42404d9802735, fixed in cc9d09fef78410bcd37ac05168cbd5f6dd75d3d2
- Linux: 7.1
- Kernel (Linux): from 7.1.0, fixed in 7.2.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: reject invalid MFT LCNs from boot sector The NTFS boot sector stores the MFT and MFTMirr locations as unsigned 64-bit LCNs, but parse_ntfs_boot_sector() decoded them into an s64. A crafted high-bit value could therefore become negative and pass the existing upper-bound check. The invalid value then propagated into the MFT zone allocator and could result in an out-of-bounds access to lcn_empty_bits_per_page.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (7.2.4) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f8420b68a6f05ca2b03779d8208814ec539b9e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc9d09fef78410bcd37ac05168cbd5f6dd75d3d2

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