CVE-2026-43075

medium Red Hat
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 95% most likely to be exploited
Published: May 6, 2026 (8 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ocfs2 filesystem component. This vulnerability allows a local attacker, by mounting a specially crafted and corrupted ocfs2 filesystem on a loop device, to trigger an out-of-bounds write. This occurs because the system incorrectly trusts the `id_count` field from the on-disk filesystem, which can lead to memory corruption. The most significant consequence is potential system instability or denial of service.

CWE

CWE-1284

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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