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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-01 | Published 2026-05-06 | Updated 2026-05-06 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

414091322c6363c9283aeb177101e4d7a3819ccd (git) before 041b5163bb9b2e81050bcd885b3373bf2f42d5f5
affected

414091322c6363c9283aeb177101e4d7a3819ccd (git) before 56e4a84220045b6af0f1efc11825b39217c7decf
affected

414091322c6363c9283aeb177101e4d7a3819ccd (git) before 643575d5a4f24b23b0c54aa20aa74a4abed8ff5e
affected

Default status
affected

6.17
affected

Any version before 6.17
unaffected

6.18.16 (semver)
unaffected

6.19.6 (semver)
unaffected

7.0 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/041b5163bb9b2e81050bcd885b3373bf2f42d5f5

git.kernel.org/...c/56e4a84220045b6af0f1efc11825b39217c7decf

git.kernel.org/...c/643575d5a4f24b23b0c54aa20aa74a4abed8ff5e

cve.org (CVE-2026-43179)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-43179)

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