Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfs: fix out of bounds memory read error in symlink repair
xfs/286 produced this report on my test fleet:
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BUG: KFENCE: out-of-bounds read in memcpy_orig+0x54/0x110
Out-of-bounds read at 0xffff88843fe9e038 (184B right of kfence-#184):
memcpy_orig+0x54/0x110
xrep_symlink_salvage_inline+0xb3/0xf0 [xfs]
xrep_symlink_salvage+0x100/0x110 [xfs]
xrep_symlink+0x2e/0x80 [xfs]
xrep_attempt+0x61/0x1f0 [xfs]
xfs_scrub_metadata+0x34f/0x5c0 [xfs]
xfs_ioc_scrubv_metadata+0x387/0x560 [xfs]
xfs_file_ioctl+0xe23/0x10e0 [xfs]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x76/0xc0
do_syscall_64+0x4e/0x1e0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
kfence-#184: 0xffff88843fe9df80-0xffff88843fe9dfea, size=107, cache=kmalloc-128
allocated by task 3470 on cpu 1 at 263329.131592s (192823.508886s ago):
xfs_init_local_fork+0x79/0xe0 [xfs]
xfs_iformat_local+0xa4/0x170 [xfs]
xfs_iformat_data_fork+0x148/0x180 [xfs]
xfs_inode_from_disk+0x2cd/0x480 [xfs]
xfs_iget+0x450/0xd60 [xfs]
xfs_bulkstat_one_int+0x6b/0x510 [xfs]
xfs_bulkstat_iwalk+0x1e/0x30 [xfs]
xfs_iwalk_ag_recs+0xdf/0x150 [xfs]
xfs_iwalk_run_callbacks+0xb9/0x190 [xfs]
xfs_iwalk_ag+0x1dc/0x2f0 [xfs]
xfs_iwalk_args.constprop.0+0x6a/0x120 [xfs]
xfs_iwalk+0xa4/0xd0 [xfs]
xfs_bulkstat+0xfa/0x170 [xfs]
xfs_ioc_fsbulkstat.isra.0+0x13a/0x230 [xfs]
xfs_file_ioctl+0xbf2/0x10e0 [xfs]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x76/0xc0
do_syscall_64+0x4e/0x1e0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1300113 Comm: xfs_scrub Not tainted 6.18.0-rc4-djwx #rc4 PREEMPT(lazy) 3d744dd94e92690f00a04398d2bd8631dcef1954
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.0-4.module+el8.8.0+21164+ed375313 04/01/2014
==================================================================
On further analysis, I realized that the second parameter to min() is
not correct. xfs_ifork::if_bytes is the size of the xfs_ifork::if_data
buffer. if_bytes can be smaller than the data fork size because:
(a) the forkoff code tries to keep the data area as large as possible
(b) for symbolic links, if_bytes is the ondisk file size + 1
(c) forkoff is always a multiple of 8.
Case in point: for a single-byte symlink target, forkoff will be
8 but the buffer will only be 2 bytes long.
In other words, the logic here is wrong and we walk off the end of the
incore buffer. Fix that.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.10 | 6.12.60 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 6.17.10-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 6.12.63-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 25.10 | linux | 6.17.0-19.19 | USN-8094-1 |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | linux-aws +2 | 6.17.0-1009.9 | USN-8094-1 |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | linux-azure +1 | 6.17.0-1010.10 | USN-8094-5, USN-8094-4 |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | linux-azure-fde | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | linux-realtime | 6.17.0-1008.9 | USN-8094-2 |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | linux-riscv | 6.17.0-19.19.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-aws-6.17 | 6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2 | USN-8094-1 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-azure-6.17 | 6.17.0-1010.10~24.04.1 | USN-8094-4 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-gcp-6.17 | 6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.3 | USN-8094-2 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-hwe-6.17 | 6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2 | USN-8094-1 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-nvidia-6.17 | 6.17.0-1018.18 | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-oem-6.17 | 6.17.0-1017.17 | USN-8152-1 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-oracle-6.17 | 6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.1 | USN-8094-1 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-riscv +18 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-riscv-6.17 | 6.17.0-19.19.1~24.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS | linux-realtime-6.14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS | linux-realtime-6.17 | 6.17.0-1008.9~24.04.1 | USN-8094-3 |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | kernel-64kb +8 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 |
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | kernel-default-base | 6.12.0-160000.9.1.160000.2.6 | SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | kernel-64kb +8 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:20228-1, SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | kernel-default-base | 6.12.0-160000.9.1.160000.2.6 | SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.2 | kernel-default-base | 6.12.0-160000.9.1.160000.2.6 | SUSE-SU-2026:20207-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.2 | kernel-rt +5 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:20564-1, SUSE-SU-2026:20207-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | kernel-default-base | 6.12.0-160000.9.1.160000.2.6 | openSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | kernel-rt +11 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 |
Oracle Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 9 | kernel-uek +34 | 6.12.0-108.64.6.3.el10uek | ELSA-2026-50112 |
Advisories 13
- USN-8094-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-6.17, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-6.17, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.17 vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 4, 2026
- USN-8094-2 linux-gcp-6.17, linux-realtime vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 4, 2026
- USN-8152-1 linux-oem-6.17 vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 4, 2026
- USN-8094-3 linux-realtime-6.17 vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 4, 2026
- USN-8094-4 linux-azure, linux-azure-6.17 vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 4, 2026
- USN-8094-5 linux-raspi vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 4, 2026
- WID-SEC-2025-2747 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 3, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:20564-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 9, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:20228-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:20207-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- ELSA-2026-50112 Important: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (Oracle Linux 9) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Feb 20, 2026