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The validator already requires the length to cover the fixed\nheader, which makes the separate \"!al_entry->length\" check redundant, so\ndrop it too.","Type":"Description","Title":"ntfs: bound the attribute-list entry in ntfs_read_inode_mount()"}]}}}