Security Advisory

CVE-2026-43179

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-05-06 11:27:52
Last updated 2026-05-11 22:19:22
Assigner Linux
CVSS score not scored
State 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.