CVE-2026-71220

Publication date 4 September 2026

Last updated 4 September 2026


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.0 · High

Score breakdown

Description

A stack out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in gfs2-utils. In gfs2_edit, the di_height field from on-disk inode metadata is used as an array index without bounds checking, causing a stack buffer overflow that may lead to arbitrary code execution when processing crafted GFS2 filesystem images.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gfs2-utils 26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.0 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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