CVE-2026-72208

high

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9d9925de1d8f233cc60d3dc356e12f232f97c15

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/937282f7d15b593d0be765fa2ced164130ec87f7

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-15

Updated: 2026-08-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00198