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CVE-2026-71224 json

Gfs2-utils: gfs2-utils: stack overflow via alloca(i_height) in metadata walk

published 2026-09-03 2 mo ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also EUVD-2026-70451

cvss
4.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A stack overflow vulnerability was found in gfs2-utils. The metadata walk code in metawalk.c uses alloca() with an untrusted inode height value from on-disk metadata without bounds validation, causing stack exhaustion and a denial of service when processing crafted GFS2 filesystem images.

Patch / fix

  • gfs2-utils Debian 14 3.6.1-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71224

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-71224 updated cvss 4.7

gfs2-utils: gfs2-utils: stack overflow via alloca(i_height) in metadata walk

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gfs2-utils 3.1.10-11.el7_9.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 gfs2-utils 3.1.10-11.el7_9.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 gfs2-utils 3.1.10-11.el7_9.1
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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