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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
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.
Affected packages
- gfs2-utils
Exploit signal
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- No
- EPSS score
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- EPSS percentile
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Sources
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71222
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511399
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71222
Structured record: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-71222
Recommended response stack
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