CVE-2026-71224 | BDVDB-2026-367605 Detail

Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Description#

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact none, integrity impact none, availability impact high. Attack vector: local.

Weaknesses#

CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12026-09-03Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22026-11-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-09-03
Last modified: 2026-11-05

Vendor information

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

All Red Hat vulnerabilities

Score

4.7 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 3.6.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

No version data in the source record.

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

4.7 Medium

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

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity	None
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).