CVE-2026-43209

MEDIUM

minix: Add required sanity checking to minix_check_superblock()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: minix: Add required sanity checking to minix_check_superblock() The fs/minix implementation of the minix filesystem does not currently support any other value for s_log_zone_size than 0. This is also the only value supported in util-linux; see mkfs.minix.c line 511. In addition, this patch adds some sanity checking for the other minix superblock fields, and moves the minix_blocks_needed() checks for the zmap and imap also to minix_check_super_block(). This also closes a related syzbot bug report.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (20)
Linux/Linux < 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 1efc128ee4adbc23e082715425ff895449d233bc
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 2bb588cede1c1969e49c0a2822c8cb8b346b7682
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 31fefc18096cdc5549cfa54964d90e0b3229aedc
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 66c7c239c65341f99ae388d4d53dc9df2bcb9925
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 8c97a6ddc95690a938ded44b4e3202f03f15078c
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - a051ecf5c5b0387840dc210413ed3bc7fbdaa69c
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - d791c544efd6b9c944b43cf7f502e5bcb02fb941
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - f57ccd4657c7f082dc47e5b9e18a883bb5f9118f
Linux/Linux 2.6.12
... and 10 more
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 06, 2026