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CVE-2026-71222 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71222	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511399	[email protected]	Issue Tracking

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-125	Out-of-bounds Read	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
redhat enterprise linux	7.0 8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

3 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Sep 22, 2026	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 5, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Sep 3, 2026	New CVE Received	[email protected]