CVE-2026-43179
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43179
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43179.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-43179
- Downstream
- Published
- 2026-05-06T11:27:52.324Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-15T01:49:03.576106278Z
- Summary
- erofs: fix incorrect early exits for invalid metabox-enabled images
- Details
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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.
- Database specific
{ "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43179.json", "cna_assigner": "Linux" }- References
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- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/041b5163bb9b2e81050bcd885b3373bf2f42d5f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56e4a84220045b6af0f1efc11825b39217c7decf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/643575d5a4f24b23b0c54aa20aa74a4abed8ff5e
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43179.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43179
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git