AZL-108929

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Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-108929.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-108929
Upstream
Published
2026-10-18T16:16:54Z
Modified
2026-10-19T14:16:50Z
Summary
CVE-2026-98443 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1
Details

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

xfs: fix cursor and pointer handling when recovering iunlink buckets

LOLLM pointed out a bug in xlog_recover_iunlink_bucket:

  1. We don't null out prev_ip after releasing it, which can lead to UAF problems if the inodegc flush call in the loop fails.

at which point I noticed even more bugs:

  1. If the inodegc flush inside the loop fails, we also leak @ip.

  2. We set prev_agino to agino having already advanced agino, which results in inodes with i_prev_unlinked set to itself.

  3. If we exit the bottom of the loop with prev_ip set, then prev_ip aliases ip and we also set its i_prev_unlinked to itself.

Bugs 3 and 4 introduce loops into the unlinked list, though these loops don't surface because we immediately flush each unlinked inode after loading it.

Fix all of these issues.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last Affected
6.6.157.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-108929.json"