CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-80638

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.35%

28th percentile - higher than 28% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the OCFS2 filesystem has an out-of-bounds write in ocfs2_remove_refcount_extent, which can lead to a kernel panic. The issue occurs when unlinking a refcounted file and the last leaf block is removed.

Risk Assessment

This can cause system crashes during operations on refcounted files, affecting data integrity and system availability.

Recommendation

Install a kernel patch that replaces the unsafe memset on rf_records with a correctly-bounded memset on rl_recs[].

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix out-of-bounds write in ocfs2_remove_refcount_extent [BUG] Unlinking a refcounted file whose refcount tree has leaf blocks triggers a fortify panic due to an out-of-bounds write. [CAUSE] When the last leaf block is removed from a refcount tree, ocfs2_remove_refcount_extent() converts the root back to leaf mode with a bulk memset on &rb->rf_records. rf_records sits in an anonymous union with rf_list. rf_list.l_tree_depth aliases rf_records.rl_count, and is 0 for a single-level tree. With rl_count equal to 0, the memset writes past the 16-byte declared size of rf_records, which the fortify checker catches. [FIX] Replace the bulk memset on &rb->rf_records with a correctly-bounded memset on rl_recs[] alone, after setting rl_count to the correct value.

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