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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-72190"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-08-15T05:53:51.143Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-17T05:09:55.301Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-72190"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-72190.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72190"
title: "ntfs: fix mrec_lock ABBA deadlock in rename"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs: fix mrec_lock ABBA deadlock in rename\n\nntfs_file_fsync(), ntfs_dir_fsync() and __ntfs_write_inode() lock an\ninode's mrec_lock before taking the mrec_lock of its parent directory.\n\nntfs_rename() takes old_ni-\u003emrec_lock and old_dir_ni-\u003emrec_lock\nbefore taking new_ni-\u003emrec_lock for an existing target, or\nnew_dir_ni-\u003emrec_lock for a cross-directory rename.\nThis can deadlock when ntfs_file_fsync() or __ntfs_write_inode() holds\nthe target inode, or when ntfs_dir_fsync() holds a child target\ndirectory, while rename() holds the parent directory and waits for the\ntarget.\n\nFix this by locking the existing target inode before taking any parent\ndirectory mrec_lock. For cross-directory renames where the target parent\nis a descendant of the source parent, lock the target parent before the\nsource parent so the directory order matches the child-to-parent order used\nby ntfs_file_fsync(), ntfs_dir_fsync(), and __ntfs_write_inode()."
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