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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: minix: Add required sanity checking to minix_check_superblock() The fs/minix implementation of the minix filesystem does not currently support any other value for s_log_zone_size than 0. This is also the only value supported in util-linux; see mkfs.minix.c line 511. In addition, this patch adds some sanity checking for the other minix superblock fields, and moves the minix_blocks_needed() checks for the zmap and imap also to minix_check_super_block(). This also closes a related syzbot bug report.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-01 | Published 2026-05-06 | Updated 2026-05-07 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before a051ecf5c5b0387840dc210413ed3bc7fbdaa69c
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before d791c544efd6b9c944b43cf7f502e5bcb02fb941
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 66c7c239c65341f99ae388d4d53dc9df2bcb9925
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 2bb588cede1c1969e49c0a2822c8cb8b346b7682
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before f57ccd4657c7f082dc47e5b9e18a883bb5f9118f
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 31fefc18096cdc5549cfa54964d90e0b3229aedc
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 1efc128ee4adbc23e082715425ff895449d233bc
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 8c97a6ddc95690a938ded44b4e3202f03f15078c
affected

Default status
affected

2.6.12
affected

Any version before 2.6.12
unaffected

5.10.252 (semver)
unaffected

5.15.202 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.165 (semver)
unaffected

6.6.128 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.75 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.16 (semver)
unaffected

6.19.6 (semver)
unaffected

7.0 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/a051ecf5c5b0387840dc210413ed3bc7fbdaa69c

git.kernel.org/...c/d791c544efd6b9c944b43cf7f502e5bcb02fb941

git.kernel.org/...c/66c7c239c65341f99ae388d4d53dc9df2bcb9925

git.kernel.org/...c/2bb588cede1c1969e49c0a2822c8cb8b346b7682

git.kernel.org/...c/f57ccd4657c7f082dc47e5b9e18a883bb5f9118f

git.kernel.org/...c/31fefc18096cdc5549cfa54964d90e0b3229aedc

git.kernel.org/...c/1efc128ee4adbc23e082715425ff895449d233bc

git.kernel.org/...c/8c97a6ddc95690a938ded44b4e3202f03f15078c

cve.org (CVE-2026-43209)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-43209)

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