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CVE-2026-43179

Published: May 6, 2026

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
414091322c6363c9283aeb177101e4d7a3819ccd - < 041b5163bb9b2e81050bcd885b3373bf2f42d5f5
affected
414091322c6363c9283aeb177101e4d7a3819ccd - < 56e4a84220045b6af0f1efc11825b39217c7decf
affected
414091322c6363c9283aeb177101e4d7a3819ccd - < 643575d5a4f24b23b0c54aa20aa74a4abed8ff5e

Linux

Linux

affected
6.17
unaffected
0 - < 6.17
unaffected
6.18.16 - <= 6.18.*
unaffected
6.19.6 - <= 6.19.*
unaffected
7.0 - <= *

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