{"id":"CVE-2026-97546","title":"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 cla…","summary":"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 cla…","severity":"medium","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681 < 5442f0c56445618544a801fb4dae35aed87a1aaa","Linux >= b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681 < 08754ebfa5c28e8d57316b1bd7a5a921a5e2e762","Linux >= b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681 < a455c83ce5dc1a2da33b1b84253d298372a8dfbd","Linux >= b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681 < 9f84792b40d0c96833341602144574bf0bd14a6a","Linux 6.10"],"published":"2026-09-25","updated":"2026-09-25","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-25T11:17:04.963","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97546","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08754ebfa5c28e8d57316b1bd7a5a921a5e2e762","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5442f0c56445618544a801fb4dae35aed87a1aaa","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f84792b40d0c96833341602144574bf0bd14a6a","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a455c83ce5dc1a2da33b1b84253d298372a8dfbd","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97546.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97546"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2541233"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97546"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97546"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-97546.mbox"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-25T11:06:38.920Z","epss":0.002,"epssPercentile":0.09775,"cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cvssSource":"vendor","cwe":["CWE-835"],"slug":"CVE-2026-97546","body":"## Overview\n\nIn 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · updated 2026-10-17 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97546.json)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":212426,"id":"CVE-2026-97546","ts":1790668182292,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"5.5"},{"seq":212425,"id":"CVE-2026-97546","ts":1790668182292,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"medium"}]}