ntfs

Microsoft’s advisory record for CVE-2026-20840 lists a remote code-execution issue affecting the Windows NTFS stack and attaches Microsoft’s standard “report confidence” metadata to the entry — a signal designed to tell defenders how certain Microsoft is about the problem and how much technical...

Microsoft’s Work Folders documentation makes a short but important point that trips up administrators and power users alike: some folders on a Windows PC simply cannot host Work Folders because they are reserved by the operating system or are already protected by file encryption. The official...

A newly assigned Linux kernel vulnerability, CVE-2025-68728, patches a subtle but important memory-initialization bug in the in-kernel NTFS driver (ntfs3) — a KMSAN-reported uninitialized-memory condition in mi_format_new that could add uninitialized buffer contents to an internal metadata...

A new Linux kernel stability and correctness patch was assigned CVE‑2025‑68365 and describes a narrow but important fix in the ntfs3 driver: allocated memory used by ntfs3 was not always zeroed before use, and the upstream remedy is to switch allocation calls from kmem_cache_alloc (or equivalent...

A high‑impact Linux kernel patch landed in mid‑2025 closing a correctness flaw inside the ntfs3 in‑kernel NTFS driver; the vulnerability tracked as CVE‑2025‑38615 arises from a race condition that can mark a live inode “bad” during rename operations, and Microsoft’s advisory currently identifies...

The Linux kernel has been updated to fix CVE-2025-40068, a newly assigned vulnerability in the ntfs3 driver where an integer overflow in run_unpack could allow malformed Master File Table (MFT) runlist data to cause incorrect cluster calculations and lead to unauthorized disk access or...

I watched my SSD’s free space drop by tens of gigabytes over a few weeks, and a tiny, almost unassuming tool called WizTree exposed the invisible culprits in seconds — a reminder that the fastest path to reclaimed storage is often a map, not more guessing. Background / Overview Modern PCs juggle...

Linux now has a second modern, in-kernel, read‑write implementation for NTFS — and it’s not a drop‑in tweak to the Paragon code everyone has been using: it’s a ground‑up rework called ntfsplus, submitted as an 11‑patch series by kernel filesystem engineer Namjae Jeon. Background / Overview NTFS...

Hello everyone, I'm working on a low-level NTFS parser in C++ and have run into a question about the most robust way to compare file identifiers. I am currently on windows 11 but the software I'm making is for Windows 10 and 11. My goal is to check if an attribute in an $ATTRIBUTE_LIST is a...

Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-55335 — a high‑severity NTFS elevation‑of‑privilege issue that stems from a memory‑management bug in the Windows NTFS driver and which Microsoft classifies as allowing local privilege escalation; the entry carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.4...

Set Up Storage Spaces Mirror in Windows 10/11 for Local Redundancy Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 30-45 minutes Introduction Storage Spaces is a built-in Windows feature that lets you group two or more physical drives into a single virtual pool and create resilient storage volumes...

Microsoft’s September 2025 Patch Tuesday shipped a wide-ranging set of fixes addressing 80 CVEs across Windows, Office, virtualization, and platform components — with eight rated Critical and 72 rated Important — and included several high-profile fixes for SMB, NTLM, NTFS, Office, SharePoint...

Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday arrived with a broad set of fixes and a matching set of detection updates from Cisco Talos — including a new Snort ruleset — aimed at the most likely-to-be-exploited flaws this month. The update package contains dozens of CVEs spanning Windows core components...

A newly reported Windows NTFS vulnerability described as a stack-based buffer overflow that “allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally” has raised immediate concern—but the specific CVE identifier you provided (CVE-2025-54916) could not be located in public vendor and vulnerability...

If your primary drive is choking on updates and downloads, the most effective fix in Windows 11 is not a single switch but a series of smart redirects: tell Windows where to save new content, move your personal folders, relocate supported Microsoft Store apps, pick alternative libraries for game...

Hi, here is my issue. I have an HP 17-cp3047nr laptop it came with Windows 11 Home installed, I immediately upgraded it to Windows 11 Pro. Computer worked fine. I have had it for about 4 months. I was using easeus partition master to format an SD card. The computer all of a sudden reboots and...

You can absolutely create a bootable USB for Windows 11 without using Microsoft’s Media Creation Tool — and for many users that’s the smarter, faster, and more flexible path. This feature walks through the practical alternatives, explains why you might want to skip the official tool, verifies...

Windows still includes a built‑in backup utility that many users overlook, and while it’s not the slick, cloud‑first tool Microsoft pushes today, it remains a practical way to create scheduled local backups and full system images—if you understand its limits and use it carefully. ows...

Breaking down the NTFS TOCTOU alert — why I couldn’t find CVE‑2025‑50158, and what Windows users should do now By [Your Name], WindowsForum.com — August 12, 2025 Lead: You sent a pointer to an MSRC advisory for "CVE‑2025‑50158 — Windows NTFS Information Disclosure (TOCTOU)". I searched the major...

Windows still ships with a legacy backup utility tucked inside Control Panel — Backup and Restore (Windows 7) — and while it's not glamorous, it can still do meaningful work: granular folder backups, scheduled runs, and full system images for bare‑metal recovery, provided you understand its...