Medium 5.5Published May 6, 2026

CVE-2026-43179erofs: fix incorrect early exits for invalid metabox-enabled images

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 12:30 PM ET)

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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.

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)	414091322c6363c9283aeb177101e4d7a3819ccd builds before 041b5163bb9b2e81050bcd885b3373bf2f42d5f5; 414091322c6363c9283aeb177101e4d7a3819ccd builds before 56e4a84220045b6af0f1efc11825b39217c7decf; 414091322c6363c9283aeb177101e4d7a3819ccd builds before 643575d5a4f24b23b0c54aa20aa74a4abed8ff5e	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.17 before 6.18.16; from 6.19 before 6.19.6	NVD

References

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

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