FKIE_CVE-2026-90132

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-17 17:17 - Updated: 2026-09-18 18:17
Severity
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
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.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86f46508016bc1f2bffb3a52dc2664f942fb9802
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea6a67ef64451d2da298f15baa35865b4bb6372a
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs: reject unprivileged writes to reserved $LX* xattrs\n\nReject setxattr of the reserved $LXUID, $LXGID, $LXMOD and $LXDEV names\nfrom userspace unless the caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2026-90132",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-18T18:17:43.013",
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          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
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  "vulnStatus": "Received"
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