xfs: initialise error in xfs_defer_finish_one() (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.20 % · percentile 10 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: initialise error in xfs_defer_finish_one() xfs_defer_finish_one() declares error without an initialiser and only assigns it inside the loop over dfp->dfp_work. When that list is empty the loop body never runs, control falls through to the "Done with the dfp, free it" path, and the function returns an indeterminate value. An item-less pending item reaches this through xfs_defer_add_barrier(), which xfs_reap_ag_blocks() uses on any CONFIG_XFS_ONLINE_REPAIR kernel. xfs_defer_finish_noroll() treats any non-EAGAIN return as fatal, so a non-zero stack value turns a successful barrier into a SHUTDOWN_CORRUPT_INCORE in the middle of a repair. Zero is the correct result: reaching the free path means the item loop drained without a non-zero error.
References
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-86860
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-97552
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1372 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1289 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1253 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 3f3cec031099c37513727efc978a12b6346e326d < 30748a24b9f04f9a83599ba907cc8fbff0729f3c ; affected 3f3cec031099c37513727efc978a12b6346e326d < ba949a14446b7346e92e676ee3fe2bb79d9ce450 ; affected 3f3cec031099c37513727efc978a12b6346e326d < 6b507c239884f7d4bf8339f6e9eb8bfcb540afde ; affected 3f3cec031099c37513727efc978a12b6346e326d < 6176d21d7bd609632c5b7e87a3adb9be29ec1e72 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 6.8 ; unaffected 0 < 6.8 ; unaffected 6.12.111 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.53 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 7.2.7 ≤ 7.2.* ; unaffected 7.3 ≤ * |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |