Bug 2429070 (CVE-2025-68784) - CVE-2025-68784 kernel: xfs: fix a UAF problem in xattr repair
Summary: CVE-2025-68784 kernel: xfs: fix a UAF problem in xattr repair
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-68784
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-01-13 16:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-01-15 01:30 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-01-13 16:04:36 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xfs: fix a UAF problem in xattr repair

The xchk_setup_xattr_buf function can allocate a new value buffer, which
means that any reference to ab->value before the call could become a
dangling pointer.  Fix this by moving an assignment to after the buffer
setup.


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