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              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
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            {
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              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "7.3",
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            }
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        }
      ],
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        {
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                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                  "versionStartIncluding": "6.2",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
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          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs3: free the sbi after a grace period\n\nIf the \"nocase\" mount option ntfs3 uses custom hash and dentry compare\nfunctions. Both access ntfs3 superblock private information in rcu\npathwalk. ntfs_put_super() and ntfs3_kill_sb() drop the info without any\nrcu delay. A lookup that\u0027s still inside the filesystem when the last\nreference to the mount is dropped causes a UAF. With a pathwalk held up\nin ntfs_d_hash() while the last reference to the mount goes away:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ntfs_nls_to_utf16+0x752/0x940\n  Read of size 8 at addr ff1100010453c850 by task walker/99\n  Call Trace:\n   \u003cTASK\u003e\n   ntfs_nls_to_utf16+0x752/0x940\n   ntfs_d_hash+0x22b/0x500\n   link_path_walk+0x11ad/0x1d30\n   path_lookupat+0x63/0xb00\n   filename_lookup+0x1f1/0x5b0\n   vfs_statx+0xd7/0x3b0\n  [...]\n  Allocated by task 95:\n   __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x249/0x560\n   ntfs_init_fs_context+0x2db/0x5a0\n   alloc_fs_context+0x52e/0xc70\n  [...]\n  Freed by task 98:\n   kfree+0x1db/0x5b0\n   deactivate_locked_super+0x9c/0xf0\n   cleanup_mnt+0x9f/0x130\n   task_work_run+0x131/0x250\n\nThe bug is currently masked by the grace period in namespace_unlock()\nfor umount(2). Keep the necessary information until the filesystem\nprivate info is freed and free it with an rcu delay.\n\nntfs3_free_sbi() now runs from an rcu callback and drops the upcase\ntable via ntfs_put_shared(). So switch s_shared_lock over to\nspin_lock_bh(). Otherwise the callback can deadlock against a task\nholding the lock on the same cpu."
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    "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.399Z",
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