CVE-2025-68784xfs: fix a UAF problem in xattr repair
- —Not scoredno CVSS score yet
- 0.20%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 90% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: fix a UAF problem in xattr repair The xchk_setup_xattr_buf function can allocate a new value buffer, which means that any reference to ab->value before the call could become a dangling pointer. Fix this by moving an assignment to after the buffer setup.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 20 days later
· 20 days later
Published
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Deferred.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.20% · top 90% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected e47dcf113ae348678143cc935a1183059c02c9ad – < 1e2d3aa19c7962b9474b22893160cb460494c45f
- affected e47dcf113ae348678143cc935a1183059c02c9ad – < d29ed9ff972afe17c215cab171761d7a15d7063f
- affected e47dcf113ae348678143cc935a1183059c02c9ad – < 5990fd756943836978ad184aac980e2b36ab7e01
- affected 6.10
- unaffected < 6.10
- unaffected 6.12.64 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.3 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 6.19 – ≤ *
References
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