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.
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Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:30:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-390 |
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-908 | |
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Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-390 |
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | ntfs: treat any nonzero dio zero-range return as an error | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-19T09:14:31.014Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.319Z
Link: CVE-2026-98137
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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-09-25T11:17:45.160
Modified: 2026-10-19T10:18:12.893
Link: CVE-2026-98137
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Updated: 2026-10-08T20:45:14Z