CVE-2025-71289

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Published 2026-05-06 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2

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VIR risk

5.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-71289

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-71289.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dfea43d11513b7f2892529de55e8f0855108a2c

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/576248a34b927e93b2fd3fff7df735ba73ad7d01

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	affected
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.19.6-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.19.6-1`
debian	trixie	affected
linux-kernel		affected	`6.19.6`

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.