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CVE-2026-31454

high

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: save ailp before dropping the AIL lock in push callbacks In xfs_inode_item_push() an…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: save ailp before dropping the AIL lock in push callbacks In xfs_inode_item_push() and xfs_qm_dquot_logitem_push(), the AIL lock is dropped to perform buffer IO. Once the cluster buffer no longer protects the log item from reclaim, the log item may be freed by background reclaim or the dquot shrinker. The subsequent spin_lock() call dereferences lip->li_ailp, which is a use-after-free. Fix this by saving the ailp pointer in a local variable while the AIL lock is held and the log item is guaranteed to be valid.

CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-04-22 14:16
Modified: 2026-11-11 23:10
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-11 23:12 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥5.9 <5.10.253, ≥5.11 <5.15.203, ≥5.16 <6.1.168, ≥6.2 <6.6.131, ≥6.7 <6.12.80, ≥6.13 <6.18.21

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19437e4f7bb909afde832b39372aa2f3ce3cfd88
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/394d70b86fae9fe865e7e6d9540b7696f73aa9b6
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c7d50147316cf049462f327c4a3e9dc2b7f1dd0
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50f5f056807b7bed74f4f307f2ca0ed92f3e556d
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dbe17f19c290a72ce57d5abc70e1fad0c3e14e5
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75669e987137f49c99ca44406bf0200d1892dd16
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8fc60bbaf5aea1604bf9f4ed565da6a1ac7a87d
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edd1637d4e3911ab6c760f553f2040fe72f61a13

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-11 23:12 UTC · record ↗

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