Medium 5.5Published Mar 18, 2026

CVE-2026-23250xfs: check return value of xchk_scrub_create_subord

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 5:10 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: check return value of xchk_scrub_create_subord Fix this function to return NULL instead of a mangled ENOMEM, then fix the callers to actually check for a null pointer and return ENOMEM. Most of the corrections here are for code merged between 6.2 and 6.10.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 1a5f6e08d4e379a23da5be974aee50b26a20c5b0 before d6f3f7d4dd8a179394cef03c00993d57f5f68601; from 1a5f6e08d4e379a23da5be974aee50b26a20c5b0 before 2b658d1249666cc55af9484dcf5f45ca438d4ecc; from 1a5f6e08d4e379a23da5be974aee50b26a20c5b0 before b2df809edd8cb7d1c3e19d9f6aabc2bd55d2bfb6; from 1a5f6e08d4e379a23da5be974aee50b26a20c5b0 before ca27313fb3f23e4ac18532ede4ec1c7cc5814c4a	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.10 before 6.12.75; from 6.13 before 6.18.16; from 6.19 before 6.19.6	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6f3f7d4dd8a179394cef03c00993d57f5f68601	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b658d1249666cc55af9484dcf5f45ca438d4ecc	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2df809edd8cb7d1c3e19d9f6aabc2bd55d2bfb6	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca27313fb3f23e4ac18532ede4ec1c7cc5814c4a	patch

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