Vulnerability · Published Aug 26, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-80532xfs: fix another iunlink infinite loop bug in online fsck

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A security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: fix another iunlink infinite loop bug in online fsck xrep_iunlink_resolve_bucket is supposed to reconstruct as much of the incore prev and next unlinked list pointers based on what it finds on disk and in memory before we move on to relinking the truly lost inodes back into the unlinked list. However, it's still vulnerable to infinite loops that come in via the next_unlinked pointers. Fix this problem by remembering which inodes we've already seen and checking new agino pointers against that. If a bit is already set, either this is a loop or the inode has nonzero link count. We'll deal with the second case in a subsequent patch.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.105-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80532
Debian:14linux7.1.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80532
Debian:12linux-6.126.12.107-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-42.42UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1016.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1016.18UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-42.42~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1015.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-42.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.07.0.0-42.42.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80532

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux ab97f4b1c030750f2475bf4da8a9554d02206640 – before 24aec8c88539a382355761a9b924046885b6be40ab97f4b1c030750f2475bf4da8a9554d02206640 – before b6baf0db357fb84f3f3cfd33383a00de71a5a1c3ab97f4b1c030750f2475bf4da8a9554d02206640 – before 23690064f235a88a00c04f2e49f36bfb54ae560dab97f4b1c030750f2475bf4da8a9554d02206640 – before 6d67c6b99f1fc07c64b97fcbc974c6f1ada7f622
Linux Linux 6.10

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