{"id":"CVE-2026-80638","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nocfs2: fix out-of-bounds write in ocfs2_remove_refcount_extent\n\n[BUG]\nUnlinking a refcounted file whose refcount tree has leaf blocks\ntriggers a fortify panic due to an…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nocfs2: fix out-of-bounds write in ocfs2_remove_refcount_extent\n\n[BUG]\nUnlinking a refcounted file whose refcount tree has leaf blocks\ntriggers a fortify panic due to an…","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","published":"2026-08-28","updated":"2026-08-29","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80638","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ec3cca2d8b6b9ff6584ca626d4c8918bbf48d44","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5255516ec7add3a6d5d37853ad5a9a9ddb14305","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00348,"epssPercentile":0.285,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-30T03:46:31.177Z","slug":"CVE-2026-80638","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nocfs2: fix out-of-bounds write in ocfs2_remove_refcount_extent\n\n[BUG]\nUnlinking a refcounted file whose refcount tree has leaf blocks\ntriggers a fortify panic due to an out-of-bounds write.\n\n[CAUSE]\nWhen the last leaf block is removed from a refcount tree,\nocfs2_remove_refcount_extent() converts the root back to leaf mode\nwith a bulk memset on &rb->rf_records. rf_records sits in an anonymous\nunion with rf_list. rf_list.l_tree_depth aliases rf_records.rl_count,\nand is 0 for a single-level tree. With rl_count equal to 0, the memset\nwrites past the 16-byte declared size of rf_records, which the fortify\nchecker catches.\n\n[FIX]\nReplace the bulk memset on &rb->rf_records with a correctly-bounded\nmemset on rl_recs[] alone, after setting rl_count to the correct value.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":48,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}