7.8

CVE-2026-43063: xfs: don't irele after failing to iget in xfs_attri_recover_work

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-43063DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43063
Published 05-05-2026Last modified 19-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-43063 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.13%
0%100%
Low · -0.06 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20965-1SUSE-SU-2026:22099-1SUSE-SU-2026:22112-1SUSE-SU-2026:22117-1SUSE-SU-2026:22127-1

Timeline

  1. 05-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: don't irele after failing to iget in xfs_attri_recover_work xlog_recovery_iget* never set @ip to a valid pointer if they return an error, so this irele will walk off a dangling pointer. Fix that.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

2%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.06 pp

From 0.19% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu107 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ ae673f534a30976ce5e709c4535a59c12b786ef3, < b5c5a50c2f513d4a13a6763564a07b470e69cc5a | ≥ ae673f534a30976ce5e709c4535a59c12b786ef3, < a1a5df1038f0b3c560d204270373621a4e622808 | ≥ ae673f534a30976ce5e709c4535a59c12b786ef3, < 40082d08b638485cbaa543dc8087a3d1844d6f08 | ≥ ae673f534a30976ce5e709c4535a59c12b786ef3, < 70685c291ef82269180758130394ecdc4496b52c | 6.10
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.10, < 6.12.80 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.21 | ≥ 6.19, < 6.19.11 | 7.0:rc1 | 7.0:rc2 | 7.0:rc3 | 7.0:rc4 | 7.0:rc5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.12.85-1 | < 6.19.11-1

3 vendors · 110 products

References

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