CVE-2025-71289 (GCVE-0-2025-71289)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-06 11:32
Modified
2026-08-05 12:12
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: handle attr_set_size() errors when truncating files If attr_set_size() fails while truncating down, the error is silently ignored and the inode may be left in an inconsistent state.
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Linux Linux Version: 4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5
Version: 4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5
Version: 4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5
Version: 4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5
Version: 4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5
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