medium5.3
CVE-2026-71222
A heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in gfs2-utils.
Impact
A heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in gfs2-utils. The ea_num_ptrs field from on-disk extended attribute metadata is consumed without bounds validation, causing a heap buffer over-read that may disclose sensitive memory contents or cause a crash when processing crafted GFS2 filesystem images.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 |