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.
Published: 2026-09-03
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Run gfs2-utils tools in a containerized or VM-isolated environment when processing potentially compromised or untrusted GFS2 filesystem images. Disable automatic fsck at boot for GFS2 filesystems until patches are applied by setting fs_passno to 0 in /etc/fstab. Use ulimit -s to reduce the stack size limit, converting potential exploitation into a controlled crash.

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History

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat gfs2-utils
Vendors & Products Redhat gfs2-utils

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Gfs2-utils: gfs2-utils: stack overflow via alloca(i_height) in metadata walk
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Redhat Enterprise Linux Gfs2-utils
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-03T12:58:06.407Z

Reserved: 2026-08-05T08:51:19.853Z

Link: CVE-2026-71224

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-03T12:57:41.999Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-03T13:06:03.233

Modified: 2026-09-03T13:16:47.077

Link: CVE-2026-71224

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-03T15:33:01Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-770

    Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling