{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "c451d34ae14201c2bb40652bf74072a79ff82f7d"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "d9d9925de1d8f233cc60d3dc356e12f232f97c15"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "937282f7d15b593d0be765fa2ced164130ec87f7"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "7.1.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.1.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72208.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs: add bounds check before accessing EA entries\n\nin ntfs_ea_lookup and ntfs_listxattr, this verifies that there is enough\nspace in the EA entry before accessing the next_entry_offset field of\nthe EA entry.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-72208",
  "modified": "2026-08-20T03:30:41.350655519Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T05:54:04.022Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/937282f7d15b593d0be765fa2ced164130ec87f7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9d9925de1d8f233cc60d3dc356e12f232f97c15"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72208.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72208"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "ntfs: add bounds check before accessing EA entries"
}