What is CVE-2026-72208?

CVE-2026-72208 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability. CVE-2026-72208 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-72208?

CVE-2026-72208 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-72208?

Yes, CVE-2026-72208 has been patched. Fixed versions include 7.1.5 and 7.2-rc1.

Is CVE-2026-72208 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-72208 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-72208

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-08-15

Last modified 2026-08-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Fixed in 7.1.5, 7.2-rc1 and their respective stable series.

Fixed in

✓ 7.1.5 7.1.x ✓ 7.2-rc1

References

2 total

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-72208?

CVE-2026-72208 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . CVE-2026-72208 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-72208?

Yes. CVE-2026-72208 has been patched. Fixed versions include 7.1.5 and 7.2-rc1.
Is CVE-2026-72208 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-72208 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.