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CVE-2026-43168 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix reflink preserve cleanup issue commit c06c303832ec ("ocfs2: fix xattr array entry __counted_by error") doesn't handle all cases and the cleanup job for preserved xattr entries still has bug: - the 'last' pointer should be shifted by one unit after cleanup an array entry. - current code logic doesn't cleanup the first entry when xh_count is 1. Note, commit c06c303832ec is also a bug fix for 0fe9b66c65f3.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02acc9f72365e50eb45a56b7dacb9114ca3b503c kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f4daccd9d9b8b2952df7878df8c2e8ba6439398 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bdc3766aafb052aef4baadef455a84c1c0a059d kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5138c936c2c82c9be8883921854bc6f7e1177d8c kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ff329353134280b203cb2bce95311cb8f7cbd8a kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2952dbeac2c3c527cb0519d5ffaeb95b062466a kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb273b68c1719c2925e05557f7e7099edb066680 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c44d86ca949cb1e5566ad14510cc26fa1a17e2d8 kernel.org Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-43168
NVD Published Date:
05/06/2026
NVD Last Modified:
05/13/2026
Source:
kernel.org