# ntfs3: fix out-of-bounds read in ntfs_dir_emit() and hdr_find_e()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97437`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97437`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.1 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 24 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 3 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 24 Sept 2026, 16:03 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 to before d1f98938e437732c0ecdfc8ee451e12a072f6d07` (git)
  - affected: `4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 to before 0505f1e7bb5b981b6ed62d98b26ddce76142865d` (git)
  - affected: `4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 to before 2f7d0ec8c10dc7bf7a8c9a9cb169f9a4d1fac2ba` (git)
  - affected: `4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 to before ed6da1abeec50db9060d714f03743fe0b63e4fe4` (git)
  - affected: `4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 to before 6a8149a20e46086c756c2a9202e377c0b649a0c3` (git)
  - affected: `4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 to before aa1bdbb39f49c5bc9779316891c40005517842a5` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.15`
  - unaffected: `before 5.15` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.1 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0014, the 3rd percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 24 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97437](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97437)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97437](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97437)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1f98938e437732c0ecdfc8ee451e12a072f6d07>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0505f1e7bb5b981b6ed62d98b26ddce76142865d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f7d0ec8c10dc7bf7a8c9a9cb169f9a4d1fac2ba>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed6da1abeec50db9060d714f03743fe0b63e4fe4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a8149a20e46086c756c2a9202e377c0b649a0c3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa1bdbb39f49c5bc9779316891c40005517842a5>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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