Unscored severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-98872
freevxfs: don't BUG() on unknown typed-extent type
New
–
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before fe40a19d571cbb584eea46038ee919d8712b2d2c; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 500e9d5bf9eff2096a21b7ac25a0a06ca46ab821; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before f1f2d54a576f0e4133b979e545abcfefd439c300; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 7ada9807e37103b41f586d34e3075e1209182b65; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 1284d687d46953fff9c0d969df108114611aca8b; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 405f13d7b270913e06e8e2b4de568985f94ef7d6; +2 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98872
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98872
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1284d687d46953fff9c0d969df108114611aca8b
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/405f13d7b270913e06e8e2b4de568985f94ef7d6
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/500e9d5bf9eff2096a21b7ac25a0a06ca46ab821
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/704d48d81dc41470e108811c32c577ada66192d4
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ada9807e37103b41f586d34e3075e1209182b65
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1f2d54a576f0e4133b979e545abcfefd439c300
More from Linux
9.8
CVE-2025-39682
tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list
8.8
CVE-2026-53266
netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable
7.8
CVE-2026-53362
ipv6: account for fraggap on the paged allocation path
7.8
CVE-2026-46300
net: skbuff: preserve shared-frag marker during coalescing
7.8
CVE-2026-31431
crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place
