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CVE-2026-43076

high

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: validate inline data i_size during inode read When reading an inode from disk, ocf…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: validate inline data i_size during inode read When reading an inode from disk, ocfs2_validate_inode_block() performs various sanity checks but does not validate the size of inline data. If the filesystem is corrupted, an inode's i_size can exceed the actual inline data capacity (id_count). This causes ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_id() to iterate beyond the inline data buffer, triggering a use-after-free when accessing directory entries from freed memory. In the syzbot report: - i_size was 1099511627576 bytes (~1TB) - Actual inline data capacity (id_count) is typically pos to jump out of bounds - This triggered a UAF in ocfs2_check_dir_entry() Fix by adding a validation check in ocfs2_validate_inode_block() to ensure inodes with inline data have i_size

CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-05-06 10:16
Modified: 2026-11-11 21:10
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 5 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-11 21:11 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥2.6.24.1 <6.6.136, ≥6.7 <6.12.83, ≥6.13 <6.18.24, ≥6.19 <6.19.14, 2.6.24, 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1524af3685b35feac76662cc551cbc37bd14775f
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37f074e65f24f10f8d8df224a572e4cb9e6faf63
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77d0295725109d77f5854ef5b58c0d06c08168cc
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1de19e891be3bfb3e1d0c7cf07bbb8fb3b77c1b
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd2d765aa7157f852999842af32148128c735d39

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-11 21:11 UTC · record ↗

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