High 7.8Published Aug 26, 2026

CVE-2026-80531xfs: avoid UAF on sc->tempip in xrep_tempfile_create

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 8:50 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: avoid UAF on sc->tempip in xrep_tempfile_create LOLLM noticed a potential UAF if the tempfile creation code fails after it set sc->tempip. Fix that.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: Received
Record last updated: Aug 27, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	84c14ee39dd388d73054181c70b3f42af7ddc238 builds before 08a20776ce33a2a52d856911e447c59424f0465a; from 84c14ee39dd388d73054181c70b3f42af7ddc238 before cd1f876d1bc2e94f271e07c606cacd85b109108a; from 84c14ee39dd388d73054181c70b3f42af7ddc238 before 96246a3200d32a43766152e56bc7ae2d93604d74; 84c14ee39dd388d73054181c70b3f42af7ddc238 builds before 0c88e10d12de9ca7cbed1467bb1b52310101bff8	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08a20776ce33a2a52d856911e447c59424f0465a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd1f876d1bc2e94f271e07c606cacd85b109108a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96246a3200d32a43766152e56bc7ae2d93604d74
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c88e10d12de9ca7cbed1467bb1b52310101bff8

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