CVE-2026-98443Medium· 4.4▾ SunlitA flaw was found in the Linux kernel's XFS file system. Improper pointer handling during the recovery of unlinked files can cause a use-after-free condition, where the operating system attempts to access memory after it has already been fr…
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 24.2 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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Last analysed / modified upstream
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's XFS file system. Improper pointer handling during the recovery of unlinked files can cause a use-after-free condition, where the operating system attempts to access memory after it has already been freed. A local user capable of mounting a specially crafted file system could exploit this vulnerability during recovery operations, leading to memory corruption or a system crash resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
kernel: xfs: fix cursor and pointer handling when recovering iunlink buckets — rated Moderate by Red Hat. Released 2026-10-18, updated 2026-10-24.
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