Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-43179
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 3.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
References
Products affected by CVE-2026-43179
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.12
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.14
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19.4