9.8

CVE-2026-72477: linux

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72477DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72477
Published 15-08-2026Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72477 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.65%
0%100%
Low · +0.13 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 6
USN-8816-1USN-8816-2USN-8816-3USN-8816-4USN-8888-1USN-8888-2

Timeline

  1. 15-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: call _ntfs_bad_inode() when failing to rename It is safe to call _ntfs_bad_inode on live inodes since: commit 519b078998ce ("fs/ntfs3: Exclude call make_bad_inode for live nodes.") The WARN_ON was added when it wasn't safe by: commit d99208b91933 ("fs/ntfs3: cancle set bad inode after removing name fails") Replace the WARN_ON with a call to _ntfs_bad_inode() to prevent further operations on the inconsistent inode.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.65%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

50%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.13 pp

From 0.52% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.65%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu120 products
  • linux< 7.0.0-34.34
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 7.0.0-1013.13
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 7.1.5-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 519b078998ce6e729f98dccf35505b4756985d11, < 580896e33003845de66c75cd61544cf9d9bfbe15 | ≥ 519b078998ce6e729f98dccf35505b4756985d11, < ff825bf0521f6da2f30878cbad18ab7b341bc31b | ≥ 519b078998ce6e729f98dccf35505b4756985d11, < e8ed78f40eecd0176fda71d673f6957c98e7ffbe | 6.17

3 vendors · 122 products

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