gfs2-utils — security advisory
A stack overflow vulnerability was found in gfs2-utils. The hash table traversal code in metawalk.c uses alloca() with an exponentially-derived size from the untrusted on-disk di_depth field without bounds validation. A crafted GFS2 filesystem image with a large di_depth value causes stack exhaustion and a denial of service when processed by fsck.gfs2, gfs2_edit, or savemeta.
- Products
- gfs2-utils
- Affected versions
- 3.5.0-2, 3.5.1-1, 3.5.1-2, 3.6.0-1, 3.6.1-1, 3.6.1-2
- Fixed versions
- 3.6.1-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-71219
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 29 Oct 2026, 13:52 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A stack overflow vulnerability was found in gfs2-utils. The hash table traversal code in metawalk.c uses alloca() with an exponentially-derived size from the untrusted on-disk di_depth field without bounds validation. A crafted GFS2 filesystem image with a large di_depth value causes stack exhaustion and a denial of service when processed by fsck.gfs2, gfs2_edit, or savemeta.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71219
gfs2-utils
Fixed versions: Not specified
gfs2-utils
Fixed versions: Not specified
gfs2-utils
Fixed versions: 3.6.1-2
Complete source record
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