CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-90132

HighCVSS 7.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.15%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the NTFS filesystem did not reject setxattr of the reserved $LXUID, $LXGID, $LXMOD, and $LXDEV extended attributes from userspace. The fix requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN to modify these attributes.

Risk Assessment

An unprivileged user could modify reserved NTFS attributes, potentially leading to file identity spoofing, access control bypass, or privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN for writing reserved $LX* attributes. Until patched, restrict the ability to mount NTFS filesystems to unprivileged users.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: reject unprivileged writes to reserved $LX* xattrs Reject setxattr of the reserved $LXUID, $LXGID, $LXMOD and $LXDEV names from userspace unless the caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN.

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