Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-71224 · published 3 September 2026
CVE-2026-71224: Redhat enterprise linux allocation without limits vulnerability
Redhat · Enterprise Linux
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.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71224 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511397 | Issue TrackingVendor Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-71224), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.