CVE-2026-97546: linux

CVSS: UnknownReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-97546DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97546
Published 25-09-2026Last modified 19-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-97546 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.20%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 6
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:12074-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1SUSE-SU-2026:24179-1SUSE-SU-2026:24184-1SUSE-SU-2026:24197-1SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1

Timeline

  1. 25-09-2026
    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 spin forever on zero-length dirents when salvaging them LOLLM noticed that xrep_dir_recover_data can spin forever if it encounters an unused dirent that claims to have length zero. Fix that, and prevent the same thing from happening with a zero-length entry.

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

26-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu120 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)
Debian2 products
  • linux< 6.12.111-1 | < 7.2.7-1
  • linux-6.12< 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681, < 5442f0c56445618544a801fb4dae35aed87a1aaa | ≥ b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681, < 08754ebfa5c28e8d57316b1bd7a5a921a5e2e762 | ≥ b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681, < a455c83ce5dc1a2da33b1b84253d298372a8dfbd | ≥ b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681, < 9f84792b40d0c96833341602144574bf0bd14a6a | 6.10

3 vendors · 123 products

References

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