High 7.8Published Feb 18, 2026

CVE-2026-23223In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: fix UAF in xchk_btree_check_block_owner We cannot dereference bs->cur when trying to determine if bs->cur aliases bs->sc->sa.{…

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:23 UTC)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: fix UAF in xchk_btree_check_block_owner We cannot dereference bs->cur when trying to determine if bs->cur aliases bs->sc->sa.{bno,rmap}_cur after the latter has been freed. Fix this by sampling before type before any freeing could happen. The correct temporal ordering was broken when we removed xfs_btnum_t.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jun 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.9 before 6.12.72; from 6.13 before 6.18.11; from 6.19 before 6.19.1	NVD

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c253e11225bc5167217897885b85093e17c2217patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d411278dda293a507cb794db7d9ed3511c685c6patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba5264610423d9653aa36920520902d83841bcfdpatch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed82e7949f5cac3058f4100f3cd670531d41a266patch

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