# fs/ntfs3: use d_instantiate_new() in ntfs_create_inode() and murder syzbot's "WARNING in do_new_mount" saga

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98539`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98539`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:18 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: `82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 to before 6fda7121cb6a8ea6fbd77d0f787f04b8e8b5358e` (git)
  - affected: `82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 to before 37ec7353f4ac495b28284b0fcb0e53d21d1b3f3f` (git)
  - affected: `82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 to before 1ae2a242c15b03470b1b16289298e597bbe3bb29` (git)
  - affected: `82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 to before 1abd643f3783ea8f8e273c18697ff0413aa92dc7` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.15`
  - unaffected: `before 5.15` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.112 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.55 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.9 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 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

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0021, the 11th percentile, on 8 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 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98539](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98539)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98539](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98539)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fda7121cb6a8ea6fbd77d0f787f04b8e8b5358e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37ec7353f4ac495b28284b0fcb0e53d21d1b3f3f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ae2a242c15b03470b1b16289298e597bbe3bb29>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1abd643f3783ea8f8e273c18697ff0413aa92dc7>

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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