CVE-2026-72162

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedAug 15, 2026
First seenAug 15, 2026

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  • Linux Linuxc88226315aec298894ec57e532f5e95f3b09e874, c286319746cef02bcce7384fda3a3f08989070d2, 720fb324cf0f5116318cae7f75cb393d118ffb67, 671889c553ea55e2da6a4f3b15f4c0fa40f2f0d1, 858aa4965ffa8c0d4bb5dd835ac4f1c9a1dcab85, 452a8467be8143747292218212671deeb186d2ae or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linuxdcd0538ff4e854fa9d7f4630b359ca8fdb5cb5a8 ≤ v < c88226315aec298894ec57e532f5e95f3b09e874, dcd0538ff4e854fa9d7f4630b359ca8fdb5cb5a8 ≤ v < c286319746cef02bcce7384fda3a3f08989070d2, dcd0538ff4e854fa9d7f4630b359ca8fdb5cb5a8 ≤ v < 720fb324cf0f5116318cae7f75cb393d118ffb67, dcd0538ff4e854fa9d7f4630b359ca8fdb5cb5a8 ≤ v < 671889c553ea55e2da6a4f3b15f4c0fa40f2f0d1, dcd0538ff4e854fa9d7f4630b359ca8fdb5cb5a8 ≤ v < 858aa4965ffa8c0d4bb5dd835ac4f1c9a1dcab85, dcd0538ff4e854fa9d7f4630b359ca8fdb5cb5a8 ≤ v < 452a8467be8143747292218212671deeb186d2ae, 2.6.22c88226315aec298894ec57e532f5e95f3b09e874, c286319746cef02bcce7384fda3a3f08989070d2, 720fb324cf0f5116318cae7f75cb393d118ffb67, 671889c553ea55e2da6a4f3b15f4c0fa40f2f0d1, 858aa4965ffa8c0d4bb5dd835ac4f1c9a1dcab85, 452a8467be8143747292218212671deeb186d2ae

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