CVE-2025-68784
kernel: xfs: fix a UAF problem in xattr repair
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · January 13, 2026
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfs: fix a UAF problem in xattr repair
The xchk_setup_xattr_buf function can allocate a new value buffer, which means that any reference to ab->value before the call could become a dangling pointer. Fix this by moving an assignment to after the buffer setup.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-825 · Expired Pointer Dereference