CVE-2026-43063 HIGH

CVE-2026-43063: xfs: don't irele after failing to iget in xfs_attri_recover_work

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Published May 5, 2026
Last update May 11, 2026

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: don't irele after failing to iget in xfs_attri_recover_work xlog_recovery_iget* never set @ip to a valid pointer if they return an error, so this irele will walk off a dangling pointer. Fix that.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 5, 2026 CVE published
May 11, 2026 Record updated