Bug 2511396 (CVE-2026-71221) - CVE-2026-71221 gfs2-utils: gfs2-utils: stack out-of-bounds write via unchecked height in savemeta
Summary: CVE-2026-71221 gfs2-utils: gfs2-utils: stack out-of-bounds write via unchecke...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-71221
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2527993
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Reported: 2026-08-05 08:39 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-03 11:47 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-05 08:39:11 UTC
A flaw was found in gfs2-utils. In the savemeta function in savemeta.c, the height value from on-disk inode metadata controls a loop over a fixed-size stack array (10 elements) without bounds validation. An attacker can craft a GFS2 filesystem image with a height value exceeding 10 to write past the end of the array, corrupting adjacent stack memory. This is the same vulnerability class as the di_height OOB write in gfs2_edit (extended.c) but in a different code path. The stack buffer overflow may allow arbitrary code execution when savemeta processes the crafted image. The Linux kernel GFS2 driver validates i_height against sd_max_height in gfs2_dinode_in(), but the userspace gfs2-utils performs no equivalent validation.


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