CVE-2026-72208ntfs: add bounds check before accessing EA entries
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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.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Received
- Record last updated
- Aug 18, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from c451d34ae14201c2bb40652bf74072a79ff82f7d before d9d9925de1d8f233cc60d3dc356e12f232f97c15; from c451d34ae14201c2bb40652bf74072a79ff82f7d before 937282f7d15b593d0be765fa2ced164130ec87f7 | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9d9925de1d8f233cc60d3dc356e12f232f97c15
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/937282f7d15b593d0be765fa2ced164130ec87f7
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