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xfs: release orphanage dir inode if chown fails

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: release orphanage dir inode if chown fails LOLLM points out that we leak the igrab'd reference to the orphanage directory inode if chowning it fails. Fix that.

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CVE-2026-98448

Primary source · Revision 1

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-98448

Linux

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Linux

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

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Structured affected-version data

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    "product": "Linux",
    "versions": [
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        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1e58a8ccf2597c9259a8e71a2bffac5e11e12ea0",
        "lessThan": "6b66b1a59df6c3f9b4ad9b39a32ca86170ade357",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
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        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
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        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
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        "lessThan": "1c32cdc986467eaffeedb6c5334852809555b82d",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/xfs/scrub/orphanage.c"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Linux",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "6.10"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "6.10",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.12.112",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.18.55",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "7.2.9",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "7.3",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*"
      }
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/xfs/scrub/orphanage.c"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]
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CVE-2026-98448

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