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xfs: don't livelock in scrub on a circular unlinked list
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: don't livelock in scrub on a circular unlinked list LOLLM points out that online fsck can livelock if an unlinked inode list contains a loop. Use a bitmap to detect cycles.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.106, 6.18.47, 7.1.11
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-80820
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 11:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
xfs: don't livelock in scrub on a circular unlinked list
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 4 Sept 2026, 15:13 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: don't livelock in scrub on a circular unlinked list LOLLM points out that online fsck can livelock if an unlinked inode list contains a loop. Use a bitmap to detect cycles.
osv:CVE-2026-80820
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.12.106, 6.18.47, 7.1.11
Complete source record
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