Bug 2554871 (CVE-2026-98447)

Summary:	CVE-2026-98447 kernel: xfs: fix wild memcpy access when formatting ondisk rtrefcount btree roots
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's XFS file system. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or potentially compromise the system through memory corruption. During the formatting of realtime reference count metadata, the kernel incorrectly calculates the buffer size and copies data beyond the allocated boundaries. An attacker could exploit this flaw by mounting or processing a specially crafted filesystem image.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:24:25 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xfs: fix wild memcpy access when formatting ondisk rtrefcount btree roots

LOLLM noticed that the inode btree root formatting methods copy too many
bytes -- there's only one set of keys in node blocks, not two.  This
causes memory corruption of whatever's beyond the buffers.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-10-19 12:25:40 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98447.mbox