ocfs2: fix UBSAN array-index-out-of-bounds in ocfs2_sum_rightmost_rec
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72162
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w4g7-33m6-26g5
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@720fb324cf0f5116318cae7f75cb393d118ffb67 +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@c88226315aec298894ec57e532f5e95f3b09e874 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c88226315aec298894ec57e532f5e95f3b09e874
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c286319746cef02bcce7384fda3a3f08989070d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/720fb324cf0f5116318cae7f75cb393d118ffb67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/671889c553ea55e2da6a4f3b15f4c0fa40f2f0d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/858aa4965ffa8c0d4bb5dd835ac4f1c9a1dcab85
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/452a8467be8143747292218212671deeb186d2ae
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72162 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72162 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w4g7-33m6-26g5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72162 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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