High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated May 23, 2026
CVE-2026-43245
CVE-2026-43245
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ntfs: ->d_compare() must not block
... so don't use __getname() there. Switch it (and ntfs_d_hash(), while we are at it) to kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_NOWAIT). Yes, ntfs_d_hash() almost certainly can do with smaller allocations, but let ntfs folks deal with that - keep the allocation size as-is for now.
Stop abusing names_cachep in ntfs, period - various uses of that thing in there have nothing to do with pathnames; just use k[mz]alloc() and be done with that. For now let's keep sizes as-in, but AFAICS none of the users actually want PATH_MAX.
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/142c444a395f4d26055c8a4473e228bb86283f1envdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca2a04e84af79596e5cd9cfe697d5122ec39c8cenvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb4b1f969ba01fa1d4088467a02fc1e5f0806710nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/02ecc0978c459fd90bb24b2a946dd16d43e68fe5nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1be7ca86ce1794d966fda5d82181bc978b150fbcnvd
News mentions
1- Patch Tuesday - May 2026Rapid7 Blog · May 13, 2026