CVE-2026-98443NVD
Vulnerability Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfs: fix cursor and pointer handling when recovering iunlink buckets
LOLLM pointed out a bug in xlog_recover_iunlink_bucket:
1. We don't null out prev_ip after releasing it, which can lead to UAF
problems if the inodegc flush call in the loop fails.
at which point I noticed even more bugs:
2. If the inodegc flush inside the loop fails, we also leak @ip.
3. We set prev_agino to agino having already advanced agino, which
results in inodes with i_prev_unlinked set to itself.
4. If we exit the bottom of the loop with prev_ip set, then prev_ip
aliases ip and we also set its i_prev_unlinked to itself.
Bugs 3 and 4 introduce loops into the unlinked list, though these loops
don't surface because we immediately flush each unlinked inode after
loading it.
Fix all of these issues.
xfs: fix cursor and pointer handling when recovering iunlink buckets
LOLLM pointed out a bug in xlog_recover_iunlink_bucket:
1. We don't null out prev_ip after releasing it, which can lead to UAF
problems if the inodegc flush call in the loop fails.
at which point I noticed even more bugs:
2. If the inodegc flush inside the loop fails, we also leak @ip.
3. We set prev_agino to agino having already advanced agino, which
results in inodes with i_prev_unlinked set to itself.
4. If we exit the bottom of the loop with prev_ip set, then prev_ip
aliases ip and we also set its i_prev_unlinked to itself.
Bugs 3 and 4 introduce loops into the unlinked list, though these loops
don't surface because we immediately flush each unlinked inode after
loading it.
Fix all of these issues.
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 7.8 (HIGH)
Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
Affected & Patched Versions
Not provided by NVD for this CVE.
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External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47a948ba653a463d429e02fda2f06a3d6b78666d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65f39d09d73718611cee40399179323b5d4ead00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66a2179d02668f8df44b1a249899006f3ba38ea0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c9d5b8a96d6b93eb24e07b4163c89341ba29bd1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cfde7b2fb7288f4f6b90293e8702ff897c682fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/961c717e6bf0e53c2c2b1fe4aef1add9390fedab