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CVE

CVE-2026-72208

ntfs: add bounds check before accessing EA entries
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CVE

CVE-2026-72208

ntfs: add bounds check before accessing EA entries

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ntfs: add bounds check before accessing EA entries

in ntfsealookup and ntfs_listxattr, this verifies that there is enough

space in the EA entry before accessing the nextentryoffset field of

the EA entry.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
9.8
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
0
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
-

Related Resources

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References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/937282f7d15b593d0be765fa2ced164130ec87f7, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9d9925de1d8f233cc60d3dc356e12f232f97c15, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72208.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72208, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Severity

9.8

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Base CVSS
9.8
EPSS Probability
0.00516%
EPSS Percentile
0.41721%
Introduced Version
c451d34ae14201c2bb40652bf74072a79ff82f7d,7.1.0,0
Fix Available
937282f7d15b593d0be765fa2ced164130ec87f7,7.1.5

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