CVE-2026-68388

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-10. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — Patch released this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate

smb3_simple_fallocate_range() can skip holes when an allocated range returned by the server starts before the current fallocate offset. The skipped hole is not zero-filled, but fallocate still returns success. A later write to that hole may therefore fail with ENOSPC.

The function queries allocated ranges so that it can preserve existing contents and write zeroes only into holes. However, the server may return a range that starts before the current fallocate offset.

For example, assume the fallocate request is [100, 400) and the only allocated range returned by the server is [0, 200):

Request: [100, 400) Server range: [ 0, 200) allocated

Correct: [100, 200) allocated data, skip [200, 400) hole, zero-fill

Current: [100, 300) skipped [300, 400) zero-filled afterwards

The current code adds the full server range length, 200, to the current offset 100 and moves to 300. As a result, the hole in [200, 300) is skipped without being zero-filled.

Fix this by advancing only over the part of the allocated range that overlaps the current fallocate offset. Ignore ranges that end before the current offset and reject ranges whose end offset overflows.

This also prevents a malformed range length from causing an out-of-bounds zero-buffer read.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
42%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Aug 19, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f47c7277c03a636fcc3a57969f2dc09567b3c050
generic

smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b09ae45d85dc816987a71db9eebc54b0ae288e94
generic

smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aeb58a4eb39a7ff4d7782b4f4ada0fda5e0675d2
generic

smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4a09e5142835633fffbde68bd0a039ba4d4bf97
generic

smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e08ab7a061b17ac1989a225c6afb53f44a86808
generic

smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/437637f5ff3f573b2edf8571de91fb00a21eb4e6
generic

smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/377fe3e583e46369ee1004d5cfe12271d6589a68
generic

smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01719883235507b1585e4c51e320d9a7113dc698

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatkernel-0:6.12.0-211.49.1.el10_22026-08-20redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.157.1.rt7.498.el8_102026-08-20redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-553.157.1.el8_102026-08-20redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_82026-08-20redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(3)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 57× in last 7d / 71× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 04:22 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-08-21 04:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-21 00:03 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-21 00:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-20 19:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-20 15:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-20 11:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-20 06:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-20 02:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-19 22:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-19 17:49 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-19 17:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-19 16:54 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-19 16:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-19 15:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-19 10:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-19 06:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-19 02:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-18 21:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-18 17:24 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-18 17:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-18 12:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-18 08:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-18 04:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-17 23:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-17 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-17 15:07 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-17 15:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-17 10:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-17 06:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-17 05:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-17 00:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-16 20:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-16 16:13 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-16 16:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-16 11:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-16 07:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-16 03:20 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-16 03:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-15 23:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-15 18:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-15 14:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-15 10:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-15 05:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-08-14 21:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-14 16:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-14 12:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-14 08:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-08-14 04:02 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-08-14 04:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-13 23:44 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-13 23:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-13 23:03 UTCEG score recompute 9.80
  38. 2026-08-13 23:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-08-13 23:03 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 9.8 · severity → CRITICAL
  40. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-13 08:47 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-13 08:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-08-10 13:24 UTCNVD update
  45. 2026-08-10 12:18 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-08-10 12:17 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-68388?
CVE-2026-68388 is a critical vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate smb3simplefallocate_range() can skip holes when an allocated range returned by the server starts before the current fallocate offset. The skipped hole is not zero-filled,…
When was CVE-2026-68388 disclosed?
CVE-2026-68388 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 10, 2026, with the most recent update on August 19, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-68388 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-68388 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 57.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-68388?
CVE-2026-68388 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-68388?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-68388, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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