xfs: fix cursor and pointer handling when recovering iunlink buckets
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.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.1.191, 6.12.113, 6.18.55, 6.6.160, 7.2.9
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-98443
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 04:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
xfs: fix cursor and pointer handling when recovering iunlink buckets
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 18 Oct 2026, 15:14 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2026-98443
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.55, 7.2.9
Complete source record
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