High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated Jul 30, 2026

CVE-2025-71289

Description

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.

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.15,<6.19.6
- (no CPE)
osv-coords6 versions
pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18 pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-bootc pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-bootc-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18-bootc-boot-installed pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-melange pkg:linux/kernel
< 6.18.34-r0+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.34-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.34-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.34-r0
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.15.0, < 6.6.145