CVE-2026-43179

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's EROFS filesystem. An attacker could provide a specially crafted EROFS image with metadata compression enabled. This could trigger incorrect early returns within the kernel, leading to folio reference leaks. While this issue does not cause system crashes or...

CVE-2026-43179

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...

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

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...