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Red HatCVE-2026-71222

Red Hat gfs2-utils: out-of-bounds read

Medium5.3CVE-2026-71222 · Published Sep 3, 2026 · updated Sep 22, 2026

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.

Red Hat advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-125

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