CVE-2026-72208: Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Linux Linux: from 7.1, before 7.1.5 (fixed in 7.1.5)

Published 2026-08-15. Last modified 2026-08-18.