CVE-2026-97546

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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.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-25 11:17:04.963000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:17:23.610000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-97546",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-25T11:17:04.963",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:17:23.610",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfs: don't spin forever on zero-length dirents when salvaging them\n\nLOLLM noticed that xrep_dir_recover_data can spin forever if it\nencounters an unused dirent that claims to have length zero.  Fix that,\nand prevent the same thing from happening with a zero-length entry."
    }
  ],
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          "programFiles": [
            "fs/xfs/scrub/dir_repair.c"
          ],
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          "versions": [
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              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08754ebfa5c28e8d57316b1bd7a5a921a5e2e762",
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}