CVE-2026-80532

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xfs: fix another iunlink infinite loop bug in online fsck

xrep_iunlink_resolve_bucket is supposed to reconstruct as much of the

incore prev and next unlinked list pointers based on what it finds on

disk and in memory before we move on to relinking the truly lost inodes

back into the unlinked list. However, it's still vulnerable to infinite

loops that come in via the next_unlinked pointers.

Fix this problem by remembering which inodes we've already seen and

checking new agino pointers against that. If a bit is already set,

either this is a loop or the inode has nonzero link count. We'll deal

with the second case in a subsequent patch.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References