CVE-2025-71289 json
fs/ntfs3: handle attr_set_size() errors when truncating files
published 2026-05-06 6 mo ago modified 2026-10-30 9 d ago also EUVD-2025-209678
- cvss
- 7.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.1.191, 6.6.145, 6.12.92, 6.18.34, 6.19.6, 7.0
- linux Debian 13 6.12.94-1
- linux Debian 14 6.19.6-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71289
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-139.139
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1064.67
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.75
- linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1062.70
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1064.65
- linux-azure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.75
- linux-gkeop Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1049.53
- linux-raspi Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1064.68
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71289
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/20bfb08c8355b8300d2bbcaa4bbc24122a4b2d99 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/92300ac7ff17cad67ff2f3fbb7003afa326134e0 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a718675d6af4992e34ffe86b8f36d471a5afe0e commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d73dcd1520d65a34420761641a36b951b14c8c53 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dfea43d11513b7f2892529de55e8f0855108a2c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/576248a34b927e93b2fd3fff7df735ba73ad7d01 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2025-71289 updated
kernel: fs/ntfs3: handle attr_set_size() errors when truncating files
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/20bfb08c8355b8300d2bbcaa4bbc24122a4b2d99
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/92300ac7ff17cad67ff2f3fbb7003afa326134e0
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/3a718675d6af4992e34ffe86b8f36d471a5afe0e
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/d73dcd1520d65a34420761641a36b951b14c8c53
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/6dfea43d11513b7f2892529de55e8f0855108a2c
patch
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/576248a34b927e93b2fd3fff7df735ba73ad7d01
patch
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-71289
- NVD CVE-2025-71289
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