Medium 5.5Published May 6, 2026

CVE-2026-43154erofs: fix incorrect early exits in volume label handling

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 4:00 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: fix incorrect early exits in volume label handling Crafted EROFS images containing valid volume labels can trigger incorrect early returns, leading to folio reference leaks. However, this does not cause system crashes or other severe issues.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 1cf12c7177410afcb53f815315d1247ea57fae4f before 8d8a878ef60801d867119b3df6a93e2982d62a71; from 1cf12c7177410afcb53f815315d1247ea57fae4f before d498bd168494ad4a4bce16192bfb9ce04ca19c9a; from 1cf12c7177410afcb53f815315d1247ea57fae4f before 3afa4da38802a4cba1c23848a32284e7e57b831b	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.18 before 6.18.16; from 6.19 before 6.19.6	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d8a878ef60801d867119b3df6a93e2982d62a71	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d498bd168494ad4a4bce16192bfb9ce04ca19c9a	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3afa4da38802a4cba1c23848a32284e7e57b831b	patch

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