CVE-2026-71222
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 5.3
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.
Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 | gfs2-utils | 3.1.10-6.amzn2.0.1 |
| Debian 12 | gfs2-utils | no fix |
| Debian 13 | gfs2-utils | no fix |
| Debian 14 | gfs2-utils | 3.6.1-2 |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | gfs2-utils | no fix |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | gfs2-utils | no fix |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | gfs2-utils | no fix |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | gfs2-utils | no fix |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | gfs2-utils | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | gfs2-utils | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.10 | gfs2-utils | no fix |