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CVE-2026-72162

HIGH 7.8

ocfs2: fix UBSAN array-index-out-of-bounds in ocfs2_sum_rightmost_rec

CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.2%
EPSS Percentile
6th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix UBSAN array-index-out-of-bounds in ocfs2_sum_rightmost_rec [BUG] On-disk corruption setting l_next_free_rec to 0 in an inode's embedded extent list triggers a UBSAN panic on the next write to that file. [CAUSE] ocfs2_sum_rightmost_rec() computes i = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1 and accesses el->l_recs[i] without validating i. When l_next_free_rec is 0, i becomes -1; when l_next_free_rec exceeds l_count, i falls past the end of the array. Either case violates the __counted_by_le(l_count) annotation on l_recs[] and triggers UBSAN. [FIX] Validate the inode's embedded extent list when the inode is read, in ocfs2_validate_inode_block(): l_count must be non-zero and no larger than the inode block can hold, and l_next_free_rec must not exceed l_count. A corrupt list is rejected at read time, before the b-tree code can index l_recs[] out of bounds.

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Published Aug 15, 2026
Last Updated Aug 18, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Linux / Linux
dcd0538ff4e854fa9d7f4630b359ca8fdb5cb5a8 < 671889c553ea55e2da6a4f3b15f4c0fa40f2f0d1 dcd0538ff4e854fa9d7f4630b359ca8fdb5cb5a8 < 858aa4965ffa8c0d4bb5dd835ac4f1c9a1dcab85 dcd0538ff4e854fa9d7f4630b359ca8fdb5cb5a8 < 452a8467be8143747292218212671deeb186d2ae
Linux / Linux
2.6.22

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/671889c553ea55e2da6a4f3b15f4c0fa40f2f0d1 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/858aa4965ffa8c0d4bb5dd835ac4f1c9a1dcab85 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/452a8467be8143747292218212671deeb186d2ae