CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-72033

CriticalCVSS 9.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.74%

52th percentile - higher than 52% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel orangefs filesystem, a vulnerability exists where the directory entry size is stored in a 32-bit variable, which can wrap and bypass bounds checks, leading to out-of-bounds read and kernel panic.

Risk Assessment

This could lead to kernel panic during directory read operations on Orangefs filesystem.

Recommendation

Apply a kernel update containing the fix that computes the size as u64 to prevent truncation.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: orangefs: keep the readdir entry size 64-bit in fill_from_part() fill_from_part() computes the size of a directory entry in size_t but stores it in a __u32. An entry length near U32_MAX wraps it to a small value, bypasses the bounds check, and is then used to index the entry, reading far past the directory part -- an out-of-bounds read that oopses the kernel. Compute the size as a u64 so it cannot truncate; the bounds check then rejects the entry. The trailer is supplied by the userspace client.

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