VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-43179
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.13%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-05-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo