# CVE-2026-98137: ntfs: treat any nonzero dio zero-range return as an error

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.7
- Published: 2026-09-25 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 495e90fa334828d4119061e2726af51d0a0fb4ed, fixed in 56392b0d5290ff2b05fc673bc07803b8ae4cfd1b; from 495e90fa334828d4119061e2726af51d0a0fb4ed, fixed in 607a9478833db656e7ceac8e9e382fa4acfde545
- Linux: 7.1
- Kernel (Linux): from 7.1.0, fixed in 7.2.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: treat any nonzero dio zero-range return as an error ntfs_dio_zero_range() returns either 0 or a negative errno from blkdev_issue_zeroout(); it never returns a positive value. The zeroing failure check in ntfs_attr_fallocate() therefore never fired, so a failed zeroing operation was silently ignored: the loop kept going, the newly allocated clusters were folded into initialized_size and the write could succeed leaving stale on-disk data. Treat any nonzero return as an error and abort the allocation.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56392b0d5290ff2b05fc673bc07803b8ae4cfd1b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/607a9478833db656e7ceac8e9e382fa4acfde545

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