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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2026-72208

ntfs: add bounds check before accessing EA entries

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
Linux

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • c451d34ae14201c2bb40652bf74072a79ff82f7d to < d9d9925de1d8f233cc60d3dc356e12f232f97c15affected
  • c451d34ae14201c2bb40652bf74072a79ff82f7d to < 937282f7d15b593d0be765fa2ced164130ec87f7affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 7.1affected
  • 0 to < 7.1unaffected
  • 7.1.5 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

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