CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-43179

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-05-06 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2026-05-06
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: fix incorrect early exits for invalid metabox-enabled images Crafted EROFS images with metadata compression enabled can trigger incorrect early returns, leading to folio reference leaks. However, this does not cause system crashes or other severe issues.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 6.17 < 6.18.16) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 6.19.6)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/041b5163bb9b2e81050bcd885b3373bf2f42d5f5 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56e4a84220045b6af0f1efc11825b39217c7decf Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/643575d5a4f24b23b0c54aa20aa74a4abed8ff5e Patch