CVE-2026-43187

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
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 XFS filesystem. Incorrect handling of freemap entries when deleting attribute leaf freemap entries can lead to a situation where zero-length freemap entries with a non-zero base are left behind. Subsequent `setxattr` operations can cause these entries to overlap with other freemap entries. This can result in the allocation of extended attribute (xattr) name-value entries on top of existing data, leading to data loss.

CWE

CWE-190

Affected Products

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

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 lore.kernel.org