CVE-2026-43179

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: fix incorrect early exits for invalid metabox-enabled images Crafted EROFS images with metadata compression enabled can trigger incorrect early returns, leading to folio reference leaks. However, this does not cause system crashes or other severe issues.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/041b5163bb9b2e81050bcd885b3373bf2f42d5f5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56e4a84220045b6af0f1efc11825b39217c7decf
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/643575d5a4f24b23b0c54aa20aa74a4abed8ff5e