CVE-2026-43063 (GCVE-0-2026-43063)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-05 15:23 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:25
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
xfs: don't irele after failing to iget in xfs_attri_recover_work
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfs: don't irele after failing to iget in xfs_attri_recover_work
xlog_recovery_iget* never set @ip to a valid pointer if they return
an error, so this irele will walk off a dangling pointer. Fix that.
Severity
7.8 (High)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
ae673f534a30976ce5e709c4535a59c12b786ef3 , < b5c5a50c2f513d4a13a6763564a07b470e69cc5a
(git)
Affected: ae673f534a30976ce5e709c4535a59c12b786ef3 , < a1a5df1038f0b3c560d204270373621a4e622808 (git) Affected: ae673f534a30976ce5e709c4535a59c12b786ef3 , < 40082d08b638485cbaa543dc8087a3d1844d6f08 (git) Affected: ae673f534a30976ce5e709c4535a59c12b786ef3 , < 70685c291ef82269180758130394ecdc4496b52c (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.10 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.80 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.21 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.19.11 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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