Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated May 12, 2026

CVE-2026-43179

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.

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Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.17,<6.18.16
- (no CPE)

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