CVE-2026-43075: Linux kernel · ocfs2: fix out-of-bounds write in ocfs2_write_end_inline
Affects Linux kernelSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.
Data as of 11 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (Linux) | CVSS 3.1 | 7.8 |
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- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 6 May 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 11 Nov 2026.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix out-of-bounds write in ocfs2_write_end_inline KASAN reports a use-after-free write of 4086 bytes in ocfs2_write_end_inline, called from ocfs2_write_end_nolock during a copy_file_range splice fallback on a corrupted ocfs2 filesystem mounted on a loop device. The actual bug is an out-of-bounds write past the inode block buffer, not a true use-after-free. The write overflows into an adjacent freed page, which KASAN reports as UAF. The root cause is that ocfs2_try_to_write_inline_data trusts the on-disk id_count field to determine whether a write fits in inline data. On a corrupted filesystem, id_count can exceed the physical maximum inline data capacity, causing writes to overflow the inode block buffer. Call trace (crash path): vfs_copy_file_range (fs/read_write.c:1634) do_splice_direct splice_direct_to_actor iter_file_splice_write ocfs2_file_write_iter generic_perform_write ocfs2_write_end ocfs2_write_end_nolock (fs/ocfs2/aops.c:1949) ocfs2_write_end_inline (fs/ocfs2/aops.c:1915) memcpy_from_folio <-- KASAN: write OOB So add id_count upper bound check in ocfs2_validate_inode_block() to alongside the existing i_size check to fix it.
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/68f9cc3bbf2ae501770cea7dc0005fc9a85e48ea (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e6a254f9cedf51b75cc20b8b92e2209bfa04c3e (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/22df7d4de9c5cd42edf855a1de25f2106088c4c6 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2c9dc6b6e96f3585f2a1062ca3374a52db0938f (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/947f953978b0d9463498d548d0f054f5a75be2e9 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c1af902223b6fcedb60904ca0b551254686c7b9 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/69d3c69ade1e4285ab4ca48fe7acee0767e65604 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bc5da4842bed3252d26e742213741a4d0ac1b14 (opens in a new tab)