Bug 2467232 (CVE-2026-43168)

Summary: CVE-2026-43168 kernel: ocfs2: fix reflink preserve cleanup issue
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Oracle Cluster File System version 2 (ocfs2). This vulnerability arises from an issue in the reflink preserve cleanup process, where the system incorrectly handles extended attribute (xattr) entries. The cleanup logic fails to properly manage pointers and clean up the first entry under specific conditions. This could potentially lead to data integrity problems or system instability.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-06 13:12:09 UTC
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.