CVE-2026-97552: linux

CVSS: UnknownReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-97552DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97552
Published 25-09-2026Last modified 19-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-97552 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: initialise error in xfs_defer_finish_one() xfs_defer_finish_one() declares error without an initialiser and only assigns it inside the loop over dfp->dfp_work. When that list is empty the loop body never runs, control falls through to the "Done with the dfp, free it" path, and the function returns an indeterminate value. An item-less pending item reaches this through xfs_defer_add_barrier(), which xfs_reap_ag_blocks() uses on any CONFIG_XFS_ONLINE_REPAIR kernel. xfs_defer_finish_noroll() treats any non-EAGAIN return as fatal, so a non-zero stack value turns a successful barrier into a SHUTDOWN_CORRUPT_INCORE in the middle of a repair. Zero is the correct result: reaching the free path means the item loop drained without a non-zero error.

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

Ubuntu142 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≥ 3f3cec031099c37513727efc978a12b6346e326d, < 30748a24b9f04f9a83599ba907cc8fbff0729f3c | ≥ 3f3cec031099c37513727efc978a12b6346e326d, < ba949a14446b7346e92e676ee3fe2bb79d9ce450 | ≥ 3f3cec031099c37513727efc978a12b6346e326d, < 6b507c239884f7d4bf8339f6e9eb8bfcb540afde | ≥ 3f3cec031099c37513727efc978a12b6346e326d, < 6176d21d7bd609632c5b7e87a3adb9be29ec1e72 | 6.8

3 vendors · 145 products

References

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