CVE-2026-97552xfs: initialise error in xfs_defer_finish_one()
- —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: initialise error in xfs_defer_finish_one() xfs_defer_finish_one() declares error without an initialiser and only assigns it inside the loop over dfp->dfp_work. When that list is empty the loop body never runs, control falls through to the "Done with the dfp, free it" path, and the function returns an indeterminate value. An item-less pending item reaches this through xfs_defer_add_barrier(), which xfs_reap_ag_blocks() uses on any CONFIG_XFS_ONLINE_REPAIR kernel. xfs_defer_finish_noroll() treats any non-EAGAIN return as fatal, so a non-zero stack value turns a successful barrier into a SHUTDOWN_CORRUPT_INCORE in the middle of a repair. Zero is the correct result: reaching the free path means the item loop drained without a non-zero error.
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 (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected 3f3cec031099c37513727efc978a12b6346e326d – < 30748a24b9f04f9a83599ba907cc8fbff0729f3c
- affected 3f3cec031099c37513727efc978a12b6346e326d – < ba949a14446b7346e92e676ee3fe2bb79d9ce450
- affected 3f3cec031099c37513727efc978a12b6346e326d – < 6b507c239884f7d4bf8339f6e9eb8bfcb540afde
- affected 3f3cec031099c37513727efc978a12b6346e326d – < 6176d21d7bd609632c5b7e87a3adb9be29ec1e72
- affected 6.8
- unaffected < 6.8
- 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/30748a24b9f04f9a83599ba907cc8fbff0729f3c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba949a14446b7346e92e676ee3fe2bb79d9ce450 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b507c239884f7d4bf8339f6e9eb8bfcb540afde (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6176d21d7bd609632c5b7e87a3adb9be29ec1e72 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
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- 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-2026-86860 (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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