# CVE-2026-98141: ntfs: propagate reparse index insertion failure

- 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 fc053f05ca282a5e760b41f6560ac835c4e28037, fixed in c62f446c63398dc7151f413069bf617032cf7a71; from fc053f05ca282a5e760b41f6560ac835c4e28037, fixed in 9692b1b4fc00cf89628bc43f71729ab21f14f8d3
- 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: propagate reparse index insertion failure update_reparse_data() ignores the return value of set_reparse_index(). When index insertion fails, the code removes the just-written reparse data as cleanup but still returns 0, so symlink(2) (and WSL special file creation) reports success while no reparse data exists on disk. When there was no previous reparse data (oldsize == 0), the failure was likewise silently ignored. Propagate the error to the caller.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c62f446c63398dc7151f413069bf617032cf7a71
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9692b1b4fc00cf89628bc43f71729ab21f14f8d3

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