CVE-2026-72162: Linux kernel · ocfs2: fix UBSAN array-index-out-of-bounds in ocfs2_sum_rightmost_rec
Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High · fixed in c286319746cef02bcce7384fda3a3f08989070d2 : patch Linux kernel soon.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 15:59 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 5% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in c286319746cef02bcce7384fda3a3f08989070d2, 671889c553ea55e2da6a4f3b15f4c0fa40f2f0d1, 858aa4965ffa8c0d4bb5dd835ac4f1c9a1dcab85 +2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 15 Aug 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.
Affected software
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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.
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c286319746cef02bcce7384fda3a3f08989070d2 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/720fb324cf0f5116318cae7f75cb393d118ffb67 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/671889c553ea55e2da6a4f3b15f4c0fa40f2f0d1 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/858aa4965ffa8c0d4bb5dd835ac4f1c9a1dcab85 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/452a8467be8143747292218212671deeb186d2ae (opens in a new tab)