# CVE-2026-71219: Gfs2-utils: gfs2-utils: stack overflow via alloca(1\<\<di\_depth) in hash table traversal

- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-03 · Updated: 2026-09-04

## Affected

- gfs2-utils: version range not reported
- gfs2-utils: version range not reported
- gfs2-utils: version range not reported

## Description

A stack overflow vulnerability was found in gfs2-utils. The hash table traversal code in metawalk.c uses alloca() with an exponentially-derived size from the untrusted on-disk di_depth field without bounds validation. A crafted GFS2 filesystem image with a large di_depth value causes stack exhaustion and a denial of service when processed by fsck.gfs2, gfs2_edit, or savemeta.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71219
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507750

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