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CVE-2025-68784

kernel: xfs: fix a UAF problem in xattr repair

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

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 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-825 · Expired Pointer Dereference