CVE-2026-71222 — Gfs2-utils: gfs2-utils: heap out-of-bounds read via unchecked ea_num_ptrs in extended attribute processing

CVE-2026-71222

Gfs2-utils: gfs2-utils: heap out-of-bounds read via unchecked ea_num_ptrs in extended attribute processing PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	affected

CWE

CWE-125

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71222
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511399

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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