CVE-2026-80638

ocfs2: fix out-of-bounds write in ocfs2_remove_refcount_extent

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Aug 28, 2026
Updated
Aug 29, 2026
Reserved
Aug 26, 2026

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 2f26f58df041bbcf692730ff4d8ab0f250d9670d to before f5255516ec7add3a6d5d37853ad5a9a9ddb14305Affected
  • 2f26f58df041bbcf692730ff4d8ab0f250d9670d to before 1ec3cca2d8b6b9ff6584ca626d4c8918bbf48d44Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.19Affected
  • before 6.19Not affected
  • 7.1.5 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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