CVE-2026-97439

UNRATEDCVSS · not yet scoredTrending — 6 sources updated this week
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EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • No CVSS published and no exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS v2: —Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/ntfs3: preserve non-DOS attribute bits in system.dos_attrib

[BUG] A corrupted ntfs3 image can hit a NULL function pointer call in generic_perform_write() after toggling system.ntfs_attrib and then overwriting system.dos_attrib on the same file.

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 \#PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode \#PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page PGD bed5067 P4D bed5067 PUD 0 Oops: Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI RIP: 0010:0x0 Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffffffffffd6. RSP: 0018:ffff88801025f988 EFLAGS: 00010246 Call Trace: generic_perform_write+0x409/0x8c0 mm/filemap.c:4255 __generic_file_write_iter+0x1bb/0x200 mm/filemap.c:4372 ntfs_file_write_iter+0xcd9/0x1c20 fs/ntfs3/file.c:1253 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0x63b/0xf70 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write+0x133/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline] __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:746 [inline] __x64_sys_write+0x77/0xc0 fs/read_write.c:746 ...

[CAUSE] system.ntfs_attrib updates ATTR_DATA flags via ni_new_attr_flags() and switches i_mapping->a_ops to ntfs_aops_cmpr when FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED is set. system.dos_attrib then overwrites ni->std_fa from a one-byte DOS attribute value, clearing the compression bit without updating ATTR_DATA or the mapping operations.

Old buffered writes use is_compressed(ni) to choose __generic_file_write_iter(). That leaves generic_perform_write() calling a NULL write_begin callback from ntfs_aops_cmpr.

[FIX] Treat system.dos_attrib as a low-byte DOS attribute update and preserve the existing non-DOS attribute bits in ni->std_fa. This keeps compressed and sparse state consistent with ATTR_DATA and the mapping operations while keeping the existing DOS attribute semantics intact.

CVSS v3
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EchelonGraph score
Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
EG Score
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EG Risk
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EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
6th
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 24, 2026

Last Modified

October 3, 2026

References (6)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-97439(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(4 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (360 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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linux-6.126.12.100-1~deb12u1, 6.12.101-1~deb12u1, 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1~deb12u1: fixed in 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.12.96-1 (35 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1: fixed in 6.12.111-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (179 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.6-1: fixed in 7.2.6-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 26× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-10-03 11:31 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-03 11:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-03 11:26 UTCNVD update
  6. 2026-10-03 11:10 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  7. 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-10-01 11:29 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-01 11:29 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-01 11:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-28 12:25 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-28 12:25 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-28 12:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-27 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-25 13:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-25 13:18 UTCNVD update
  22. 2026-09-25 12:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-25 12:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  24. 2026-09-24 17:33 UTCNVD update
  25. 2026-09-24 16:29 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-24 16:26 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-97439?
CVE-2026-97439 is a publicly disclosed vulnerability published on September 24, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: preserve non-DOS attribute bits in system.dos_attrib [BUG] A corrupted ntfs3 image can hit a NULL function pointer call in genericperformwrite() after toggling system.ntfs_attrib and then overwriting system.dos_attrib on…
When was CVE-2026-97439 disclosed?
CVE-2026-97439 was first published on September 24, 2026, with the most recent update on October 3, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-97439 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-97439 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (6th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-97439?
No fix for CVE-2026-97439 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-97439 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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