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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: prevent infinite loops caused by the next valid being the same When processing valid within the range [valid : pos), if valid cannot be retrieved correctly, for example, if the retrieved valid value is always the same, this can trigger a potential infinite loop, similar to the hung problem reported by syzbot [1]. Adding a check for the valid value within the loop body, and terminating the loop and returning -EINVAL if the value is the same as the current value, can prevent this. [1] INFO: task syz.4.21:6056 blocked for more than 143 seconds. Call Trace: rwbase_write_lock+0x14f/0x750 kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c:244 inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1027 [inline] ntfs_file_write_iter+0xe6/0x870 fs/ntfs3/file.c:1284

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-13 | Published 2026-05-27 | Updated 2026-05-27 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 (git) before 50c822fcb36768f1fb356f05b02a2248ef81936d
affected

4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 (git) before 6d93239b4fc479f7c0a412dd196ec0ca2672d14a
affected

4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 (git) before 71c8b966ec56e13c02388c1312910588bb49be7a
affected

4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 (git) before b97e371e5d1c13d722335d46eb8bc1a22b272a0e
affected

4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 (git) before 4bf3bafb8e0635ed93e3cd4156dcbcc0fb960cb4
affected

4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 (git) before a47a2bb9aa6455d5cee1045814a60c749309c92b
affected

4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 (git) before 27b75ca4e51e3e4554dc85dbf1a0246c66106fd3
affected

Default status
affected

5.15
affected

Any version before 5.15
unaffected

5.15.202 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.165 (semver)
unaffected

6.6.128 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.75 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.14 (semver)
unaffected

6.19.4 (semver)
unaffected

7.0 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/50c822fcb36768f1fb356f05b02a2248ef81936d

git.kernel.org/...c/6d93239b4fc479f7c0a412dd196ec0ca2672d14a

git.kernel.org/...c/71c8b966ec56e13c02388c1312910588bb49be7a

git.kernel.org/...c/b97e371e5d1c13d722335d46eb8bc1a22b272a0e

git.kernel.org/...c/4bf3bafb8e0635ed93e3cd4156dcbcc0fb960cb4

git.kernel.org/...c/a47a2bb9aa6455d5cee1045814a60c749309c92b

git.kernel.org/...c/27b75ca4e51e3e4554dc85dbf1a0246c66106fd3

cve.org (CVE-2026-45864)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-45864)

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