CVE-2026-71224 — Gfs2-utils: gfs2-utils: stack overflow via alloca(i_height) in metadata walk
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 bou…
Published: 2026-09-03 · CVSS: 4.7 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7