Cloudanix VulnDB

CVE-2026-43179

Medium · 5.5

CVSS

5.5

EPSS

0.1%

Published

May 6, 2026

CISA due date

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The record

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.

Affected packages

Ecosystem Package Introduced Fixed