CVE-2026-97546xfs: don't spin forever on zero-length dirents when salvaging them
- —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: don't spin forever on zero-length dirents when salvaging them LOLLM noticed that xrep_dir_recover_data can spin forever if it encounters an unused dirent that claims to have length zero. Fix that, and prevent the same thing from happening with a zero-length entry.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 24 days later
· 24 days 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: Received.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.20% · top 90% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681 – < 5442f0c56445618544a801fb4dae35aed87a1aaa
- affected b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681 – < 08754ebfa5c28e8d57316b1bd7a5a921a5e2e762
- affected b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681 – < a455c83ce5dc1a2da33b1b84253d298372a8dfbd
- affected b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681 – < 9f84792b40d0c96833341602144574bf0bd14a6a
- affected 6.10
- unaffected < 6.10
- unaffected 6.12.111 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.53 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.2.7 – ≤ 7.2.*
- unaffected 7.3 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5442f0c56445618544a801fb4dae35aed87a1aaa (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08754ebfa5c28e8d57316b1bd7a5a921a5e2e762 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a455c83ce5dc1a2da33b1b84253d298372a8dfbd (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f84792b40d0c96833341602144574bf0bd14a6a (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-86854 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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