CVE-2026-71222

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.3

Exploit probability—

Product

Redhat Enterprise Linux

PublishedSep 3, 2026

First seenSep 3, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-125Out-of-bounds read

How to fix

Vendor advisories

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71222

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
redhat enterprise_linux	7.0, 8.0, 9.0	—

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