CVE-2026-71222

Published: Sep 3, 2026Modified: Sep 5, 2026

5.3

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 4.2

Source: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

Description

A heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in gfs2-utils. The ea_num_ptrs field from on-disk extended attribute metadata is consumed without bounds validation, causing a heap buffer over-read that may disclose sensitive memory contents or cause a crash when processing crafted GFS2 filesystem images.

Related CWEs

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (2)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71222

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511399

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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