gfs2-utils — security advisory

{
  "id": "0bf9d5fc3c41f194435124d7e1e18d1da694a5bd7943661f1f5017215a5c20f0",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71224",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71224",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71224",
    "products": [
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        "name": {
          "value": "gfs2-utils",
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        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "3.5.0-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.5.1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.5.1-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.6.0-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.6.1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
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          {
            "value": "3.6.1-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
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          {
            "value": "3.6.1-2",
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        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "gfs2-utils",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "3.6.1-2",
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          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "3.6.1-1",
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    ],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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                {
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "gfs2-utils",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gfs2-utils?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "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"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71224.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "gfs2-utils",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gfs2-utils?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "versions": [
            "3.6.1-1",
            "3.6.1-2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71224.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
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                {
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              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gfs2-utils?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "versions": [
            "3.6.1-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71224.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-10T16:00:08.162996071Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-71224"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-71224"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-71224",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 250477,
  "published_at": "2026-09-03T13:06:03.233+00:00"
}