High 7.8Published May 5, 2026

CVE-2026-43063xfs: don't irele after failing to iget in xfs_attri_recover_work

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 3:10 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
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: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from ae673f534a30976ce5e709c4535a59c12b786ef3 before b5c5a50c2f513d4a13a6763564a07b470e69cc5a; from ae673f534a30976ce5e709c4535a59c12b786ef3 before a1a5df1038f0b3c560d204270373621a4e622808; from ae673f534a30976ce5e709c4535a59c12b786ef3 before 40082d08b638485cbaa543dc8087a3d1844d6f08; from ae673f534a30976ce5e709c4535a59c12b786ef3 before 70685c291ef82269180758130394ecdc4496b52c	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.10 before 6.12.80; from 6.13 before 6.18.21; from 6.19 before 6.19.11; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5c5a50c2f513d4a13a6763564a07b470e69cc5a	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1a5df1038f0b3c560d204270373621a4e622808	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40082d08b638485cbaa543dc8087a3d1844d6f08	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70685c291ef82269180758130394ecdc4496b52c	patch

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