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Linux CVE-2026-43179

| EUVDEUVD-2026-27741 MEDIUM
2026-05-06 Linux GHSA-43g9-xc7g-7r65
Denial Of Service Linux Red Hat Suse
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
May 12, 2026 - 19:52 NVD
5.5 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
May 06, 2026 - 13:32 EUVD
CVE Published
May 06, 2026 - 11:27 nvd
MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Analysis

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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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Medium
Product Status
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