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That leaves generic_perform_write() calling\na NULL write_begin callback from ntfs_aops_cmpr.\n\n[FIX]\nTreat system.dos_attrib as a low-byte DOS attribute update and preserve the\nexisting non-DOS attribute bits in ni->std_fa. 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That leaves generic_perform_write() calling\na NULL write_begin callback from ntfs_aops_cmpr.\n\n[FIX]\nTreat system.dos_attrib as a low-byte DOS attribute update and preserve the\nexisting non-DOS attribute bits in ni->std_fa. This keeps compressed and\nsparse state consistent with ATTR_DATA and the mapping operations while\nkeeping the existing DOS attribute semantics intact."}], "id": "CVE-2026-97439", "lastModified": "2026-10-03T11:17:55.520", "metrics": {}, "published": "2026-09-24T17:17:22.073", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2de91ae285b0b878604d2bd83c3c395a8071e482"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/407ee19828a7d9700969ed9cc53be50d0f533619"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/533217b90addd57cc16f1c974e023c72d18949c7"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1c1101067d9536bcb0fe023b96ee2dde5535959"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2d6bc89e2236939df189831707c8cdad199f57a"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdc9f65aa6631df04238c6154713bacd5133d77c"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Received"}

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