CVE-2026-72208

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Aug 18, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux>= c451d34ae14201c2bb40652bf74072a79ff82f7d, < d9d9925de1d8f233cc60d3dc356e12f232f97c15; >= c451d34ae14201c2bb40652bf74072a79ff82f7d, < 937282f7d15b593d0be765fa2ced164130ec87f7
LinuxLinux7.1

References

Timeline

Published
Aug 15, 2026
Last modified
Aug 18, 2026
NVD status
Received

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CVE-2026-72208: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix