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Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-72208

CVE-2026-72208

Linux Linux — ntfs: add bounds check before accessing EA entries

EPSS 0.6%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
39
CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 46.2.462 × 209.2No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: unknown+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: add bounds check before accessing EA entries in ntfs_ea_lookup and ntfs_listxattr, this verifies that there is enough space in the EA entry before accessing the next_entry_offset field of the EA entry.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Linuxc451d34ae14201c2bb40652bf74072a79ff82f7d – < d9d9925de1d8f233cc60d3dc356e12f232f97c15d9d9925de1d8f233cc60d3dc356e12f232f97c15CNA
Linuxc451d34ae14201c2bb40652bf74072a79ff82f7d – < 937282f7d15b593d0be765fa2ced164130ec87f7937282f7d15b593d0be765fa2ced164130ec87f7CNA
Linux7.17.1.5CNA

Scores by source

Linux (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/d9d9925de1d8f233cc60d3dc356e12f232f97c15refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/937282f7d15b593d0be765fa2ced164130ec87f7