linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: add bounds check to run_get_highest_vc...
CVE-2026-72478 is fixed in 56 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72478, released August 15, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: add bounds check to run_get_highest_vcn() run_get_highest_vcn() parses a packed NTFS mapping-pairs buffer without any length bound, relying solely on a 0x00 terminator to stop. A crafted $LogFile UpdateMappingPairs record whose embedded attribute contains mapping-pairs runs without a terminator causes the function to read past the slab allocation, triggering a KASAN slab-out-of-bounds read on mount. The sibling function run_unpack() received an analogous bounds-check in commit b62567bca474 ("ntfs3: add buffer boundary checks to run_unpack()"), but run_get_highest_vcn() was missed. Take a run_buf_size parameter and reject any run header whose payload would extend past the buffer end, mirroring the pattern used by run_unpack(). The caller in fslog.c passes the remaining attribute bytes after the mapping-pairs offset. KASAN report (on mainline v7.1 merge window HEAD): BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in run_get_highest_vcn+0x3c0/0x410 Read of size 1 at addr ffff88800e2d5400 by task mount/72 Call Trace: run_get_highest_vcn+0x3c0/0x410 do_action.isra.0+0x3ba8/0x7b50 log_replay+0x9ddd/0x10200 ntfs_loadlog_and_replay+0x4ad/0x610 ntfs_fill_super+0x214a/0x4540
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| bpftool · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| bpftool-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| bpftool6.12 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| bpftool6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| bpftool6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| bpftool6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel-headers · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel-livepatch-6.1.180-225.360 · amzn 2023 | 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel-livepatch-6.12.100-125.179 · amzn 2023 | 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel-livepatch-6.18.41-94.142 · amzn 2023 | 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel-modules-extra · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel-tools · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel-tools-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel6.12 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel6.12-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel6.12-headers · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel6.12-modules-extra · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel6.12-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel6.12-tools · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel6.12-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel6.12-tools-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-headers · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-modules-extra · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-tools · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-tools-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 6.1.180-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72478 | Aug 15, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.12.100-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72478 | Aug 15, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 14 | 7.1.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72478 | Aug 15, 2026 |
| microvm-kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| perf · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| perf6.12 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| perf6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| perf6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| python3-perf · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| python3-perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.1.180-225.360.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2058 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| python3-perf6.12 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| python3-perf6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.12.100-125.179.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2057 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| python3-perf6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| python3-perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
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