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 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 2.8%
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 (27)
linux/Kernel 2.6.12 - 5.10.252linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.202linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.165linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.16linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.6linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.128linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.75linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 1efc128ee4adbc23e082715425ff895449d233bc
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 2bb588cede1c1969e49c0a2822c8cb8b346b7682
... and 17 more
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 06, 2026