CVE-2026-97546

unknown
EUVD alias: EUVD-2026-86854
Assigned by CNA: linux
Published 2026-09-25 · Modified 2026-09-25
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
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Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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