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CVE-2026-43066

Updated on 05 May 2026

Severity

5.5 Medium severity

Details

CVSS score
5.5
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE ID
Links
NISTCIRCLRHELUbuntu

Overview

About vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: fix iloc.bh leak in ext4_fc_replay_inode() error paths

During code review, Joseph found that ext4_fc_replay_inode() calls ext4_get_fc_inode_loc() to get the inode location, which holds a reference to iloc.bh that must be released via brelse().

However, several error paths jump to the ‘out’ label without releasing iloc.bh:

  • ext4_handle_dirty_metadata() failure
  • sync_dirty_buffer() failure
  • ext4_mark_inode_used() failure
  • ext4_iget() failure

Fix this by introducing an ‘out_brelse’ label placed just before the existing ‘out’ label to ensure iloc.bh is always released.

Additionally, make ext4_fc_replay_inode() propagate errors properly instead of always returning 0.

Details

Affected product:
AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , Amazon Linux 2 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
Affected packages:
kernel @ 5.14.0 (+3 more)

Fixes

KernelCare state

Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.

Operating system Status Covered kernels
AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU Planned —
AlmaLinux 9.6 ESU Released
10 kernels
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els1
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els2
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els3
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els4
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els5
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els6
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els7
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els1
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els2
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els3
Amazon Linux 2023 Planned —
Debian 11 Released
37 kernels
  • 5.10.46-5
  • 5.10.70-1
  • 5.10.46-4
  • 5.10.84-1
  • 5.10.92-1
  • 5.10.92-2
  • 5.10.103-1
  • 5.10.106-1
  • 5.10.113-1
  • 5.10.120-1
  • 5.10.127-1
  • 5.10.127-2
  • 5.10.136-1
  • 5.10.140-1
  • 5.10.149-1
  • 5.10.149-2
  • 5.10.158-2
  • 5.10.162-1
  • 5.10.179-1
  • 5.10.179-2
  • 5.10.179-3
  • 5.10.179-5
  • 5.10.191-1
  • 5.10.197-1
  • 5.10.178-3
  • 5.10.205-2
  • 5.10.205-1
  • 5.10.209-2
  • 5.10.216-1
  • 5.10.218-1
  • 5.10.221-1
  • 5.10.223-1
  • 5.10.226-1
  • 5.10.234-1
  • 5.10.237-1
  • 5.10.244-1
  • 5.10.247-1
Debian 11 cloud Released
17 kernels
  • 5.10.113-1
  • 5.10.179-2
  • 5.10.179-3
  • 5.10.179-5
  • 5.10.191-1
  • 5.10.197-1
  • 5.10.205-2
  • 5.10.209-2
  • 5.10.216-1
  • 5.10.218-1
  • 5.10.221-1
  • 5.10.223-1
  • 5.10.226-1
  • 5.10.234-1
  • 5.10.237-1
  • 5.10.244-1
  • 5.10.247-1
Debian 13 Planned —
Ubuntu 22.04 Planned —
Ubuntu 24.04 Planned —