CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-71289

HighCVSS 7.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.25%

17th percentile - higher than 17% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, in the NTFS3 filesystem, errors returned by attr_set_size() when truncating files are silently ignored, which can leave the inode in an inconsistent state.

Risk Assessment

This can lead to data corruption on NTFS partitions, loss of file integrity, or filesystem crashes.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the commit that fixes CVE-2025-71289.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS