CVE-2026-97546xfs: don't spin forever on zero-length dirents when salvaging them
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: don't spin forever on zero-length dirents when salvaging them LOLLM noticed that xrep_dir_recover_data can spin forever if it encounters an unused dirent that claims to have length zero. Fix that, and prevent the same thing from happening with a zero-length entry.
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- 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
- Sep 25, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681 before 5442f0c56445618544a801fb4dae35aed87a1aaa; from b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681 before 08754ebfa5c28e8d57316b1bd7a5a921a5e2e762; from b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681 before a455c83ce5dc1a2da33b1b84253d298372a8dfbd; from b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681 before 9f84792b40d0c96833341602144574bf0bd14a6a | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5442f0c56445618544a801fb4dae35aed87a1aaa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08754ebfa5c28e8d57316b1bd7a5a921a5e2e762
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a455c83ce5dc1a2da33b1b84253d298372a8dfbd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f84792b40d0c96833341602144574bf0bd14a6a
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