CVE-2026-98872
Received
Received - Intake
Kernel BUG in FreeVXFS Typed-Extent Handling
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-98872, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-10-23
Last updated on: 2026-10-23
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
freevxfs: don't BUG() on unknown typed-extent type
vxfs_bmap_typed() handles four typed-extent types and calls BUG() in
its default case, so an on-disk typed extent with any other type value
crashes the kernel. It is reachable from ioctl(FIBMAP) on a regular
file:
kernel BUG at fs/freevxfs/vxfs_bmap.c:230!
RIP: vxfs_bmap_typed fs/freevxfs/vxfs_bmap.c:230 [inline]
vxfs_bmap1+0x128a/0x12d0 fs/freevxfs/vxfs_bmap.c:257
Replace the BUG() with WARN_ON_ONCE() and return 0 -- the value
vxfs_bmap_typed() already returns on failure (and from the DEV4 case
above); vxfs_getblk() maps 0 to -EIO, so the ioctl fails cleanly.
CVSS Scores
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 |
| Linux | Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 |
| Linux | Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 |
| Linux | Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 |
| Linux | Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 |
| Linux | Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 |
| Linux | Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 |
| Linux | Linux | 0 |
| Linux | Linux | 0 |
| Linux | Linux | 0 |
| Linux | Linux | 0 |
| Linux | Linux | 0 |
| Linux | Linux | 0 |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-UNKNOWN |
