CVE-2026-97551— xfs: initialise args->total for parent pointer updates
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Affected
Linux Linux
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No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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在 Linux 内核中，已解决以下漏洞： xfs：初始化 parent pointer 更新中的 args->total 函数从一个初始化为零的 （通过 分配）构建 ，导致 。然而， 将该字段视为运行中的块预留量（running block reservation）并从中减去值；由于该字段类型为 （即 ），第一次属性 fork 的增长会导致该值回绕至 （即 32 位无符号整数的最大值）。这破坏了 中的空闲空间检查逻辑。当这种情况恰好发生在一个可用块数恰好为零的分配组（AG, Allocation Group）上时，
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T1499 · Endpoint Denial of ServiceAffected Version Matrix 10
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | b7c62d90c12c6cc86f10b8a62cefe0029374b6ff< 9ad85bce62cadfdf4242f6e6bbff2a52e51d30f1 |
affected |
b7c62d90c12c6cc86f10b8a62cefe0029374b6ff< c66e138af626cad4210da449996ae9e07ee63add |
affected | ||
b7c62d90c12c6cc86f10b8a62cefe0029374b6ff< ac9032882d673dd6679e1d873a2dc0131a1aeb43 |
affected | ||
b7c62d90c12c6cc86f10b8a62cefe0029374b6ff< 8e4ebb6afaa34bd2e8ce52da231003d24111c2d6 |
affected | ||
6.10 |
affected | ||
< 6.10 |
unaffected | ||
6.12.111≤ 6.12.* |
unaffected | ||
6.18.53≤ 6.18.* |
unaffected | ||
| … +2 more rows | |||
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-97551
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
xfs: initialise args->total for parent pointer updates
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfs: initialise args->total for parent pointer updates
xfs_parent_da_args_init() builds an xfs_da_args from a zeroed
xfs_parent_args (kmem_cache_zalloc), leaving args->total == 0.
xfs_da_grow_inode_int() treats that field as a running block reservation
and subtracts from it; because it is an xfs_extlen_t (uint32_t), the
first attr-fork growth wraps it to ~0U. That defeats the free-space
check in xfs_alloc_space_available(), and when it coincides with an AG
that has exactly zero available blocks the allocation is clamped to
maxlen 0 and returns -ENOSPC, which xfs_defer_finish_noroll() escalates
to a filesystem shutdown.
Set args->total the way the log recovery path does
(xfs_attri_recover_work(), xfs_attr_item.c:706), in the add and replace
paths that can grow the fork. Removals and lookups never grow it, so
they leave the field alone, matching that switch.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Affected Products
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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-97551 (4)
Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-09-25 · 372 CVEs total
| CVE-2026-100075 | 9.8 CRITICAL | RDMA/srpt: Fix srpt_alloc_rw_ctxs() unwind counters |
| CVE-2026-97957 | 8.8 HIGH | net: hinic: fix mailbox segment buffer overflow |
| CVE-2026-97527 | 8.8 HIGH | scsi: qla2xxx: Serialize NVMe unsol ctx list with a per-fcport lock |
| CVE-2026-97528 | 8.8 HIGH | scsi: qla2xxx: Unlink NVMe unsol ctx before freeing on LS reject error |
| CVE-2026-97555 | 8.8 HIGH | smb: client: fix heap overflow in DACL owner/group rewrite |
| CVE-2026-98115 | 8.8 HIGH | ksmbd: safely drain sessions during logoff |
| CVE-2026-97525 | 8.2 HIGH | x86/mm/pat: Allocate split page tables as kernel page tables |
| CVE-2026-97573 | 8.1 HIGH | bnxt_en: Handle buffer allocation failure in bnxt_rx_ring_reset() |
| CVE-2026-98070 | 8.1 HIGH | net/rds: acquire RDS_IN_XMIT in rds_tcp_reset_callbacks() |
| CVE-2026-97570 | 8.1 HIGH | bnxt_en: Bound SW TPA IDs to prevent crashes |
| CVE-2026-98069 | 8.1 HIGH | net/rds: acquire the fastpath locks in rds_conn_shutdown() |
| CVE-2026-98130 | 8.1 HIGH | sctp: fix a TOCTOU race in SCTP_CMD_TIMER_START |
| CVE-2026-98116 | 7.8 HIGH | ALSA: pcm: Serialize PCM mmap with buffer reallocation to fix page UAF |
| CVE-2026-97903 | 7.8 HIGH | exit: hold a reference to thread_pid across proc_flush_pid |
| CVE-2026-97548 | 7.8 HIGH | xfs: fix the rtrmap and rtrefcount _maxlevels_ondisk functions |
| CVE-2026-97611 | 7.8 HIGH | net: openvswitch: fix use-after-free of the flow table mask array |
| CVE-2026-97612 | 7.8 HIGH | net: mpls: clear inner_protocol when the last label is popped |
| CVE-2026-98073 | 7.8 HIGH | net: Remove conflicting altnames for dying netns in __dev_change_net_namespace(). |
| CVE-2026-97602 | 7.8 HIGH | inet: frags: invalidate queues before flushing them |
| CVE-2026-97577 | 7.8 HIGH | media: verisilicon: rockchip: reject AV1 frames exceeding the tile capacity |
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