CVE-2026-43075

ocfs2: fix out-of-bounds write in ocfs2_write_end_inline

High · published May 6, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00171 · 6.2th percentile
Published
2026-05-06T07:40Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAY 07:40Z
    ocfs2: fix out-of-bounds write in ocfs2_write_end_inline
    cvelistv5