CVE-2026-43168

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix reflink preserve cleanup issue commit c06c303832ec ("ocfs2: fix xattr array entry __counted_by error") doesn't handle all cases and the cleanup job for preserved xattr entries still has bug: - the 'last' pointer should be shifted by one unit after cleanup an array entry. - current code logic doesn't cleanup the first entry when xh_count is 1. Note, commit c06c303832ec is also a bug fix for 0fe9b66c65f3.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02acc9f72365e50eb45a56b7dacb9114ca3b503c	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f4daccd9d9b8b2952df7878df8c2e8ba6439398	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bdc3766aafb052aef4baadef455a84c1c0a059d	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5138c936c2c82c9be8883921854bc6f7e1177d8c	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ff329353134280b203cb2bce95311cb8f7cbd8a	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2952dbeac2c3c527cb0519d5ffaeb95b062466a	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb273b68c1719c2925e05557f7e7099edb066680	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c44d86ca949cb1e5566ad14510cc26fa1a17e2d8	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-05-06 12:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:49

NVD link : CVE-2026-43168

Mitre link : CVE-2026-43168

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-43168

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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