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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-43067" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-05-05T15:23:26.717Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T19:06:12.380Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:08.712Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-43067" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-43067.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43067" title: "ext4: handle wraparound when searching for blocks for indirect mapped blocks" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: handle wraparound when searching for blocks for indirect mapped blocks\n\nCommit 4865c768b563 (\"ext4: always allocate blocks only from groups\ninode can use\") restricts what blocks will be allocated for indirect\nblock based files to block numbers that fit within 32-bit block\nnumbers.\n\nHowever, when using a review bot running on the latest Gemini LLM to\ncheck this commit when backporting into an LTS based kernel, it raised\nthis concern:\n\n If ac-\u003eac_g_ex.fe_group is \u003e= ngroups (for instance, if the goal\n group was populated via stream allocation from s_mb_last_groups),\n then start will be \u003e= ngroups.\n\n Does this allow allocating blocks beyond the 32-bit limit for\n indirect block mapped files? The commit message mentions that\n ext4_mb_scan_groups_linear() takes care to not select unsupported\n groups. However, its loop uses group = *start, and the very first\n iteration will call ext4_mb_scan_group() with this unsupported\n group because next_linear_group() is only called at the end of the\n iteration.\n\nAfter reviewing the code paths involved and considering the LLM\nreview, I determined that this can happen when there is a file system\nwhere some files/directories are extent-mapped and others are\nindirect-block mapped. To address this, add a safety clamp in\next4_mb_scan_groups()." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"9d89b9d55e25cb340c5b4b769876edc551b7a9ff","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f89bba144938921a2249237ad04a0183ff3f8930"},{"version":"1b0edd6022a3f44ce87fea9959a9310f4628fbea","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"83170a05908b6cf2fb3235d3065bf613ff866f3c"},{"version":"9eea2f57d11b30049ff996ac3eff6e0dc8089e5f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4bec4a498ce86314d470ae6144120461f2138c29"},{"version":"34c803edc0b3365a42efcf9815acab63b4cf54e0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"12624c5b724a81e14e532972b40d863b0de3b7d1"},{"version":"321ed8d559c951e71ad2d2d69a4cf0445644e865","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2a368ccddfc492a0aa951e2caef2985f20e96503"},{"version":"4865c768b563deff1b6a6384e74a62f143427b42","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"bb81702370fad22c06ca12b6e1648754dbc37e0f"},{"version":"16fce6b6c0b247258c6c217fce5a48abf50f6964","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.15.203","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.16"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.1.167","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.1.168"},{"version":"6.6.130","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.6.134"},{"version":"6.12.77","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.12.80"},{"version":"6.18.14","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.18.21"},{"version":"6.19.4","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.19.11"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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