CVE-2026-98448 (GCVE-0-2026-98448)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-18 15:14
Modified
2026-10-19 09:19
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: release orphanage dir inode if chown fails LOLLM points out that we leak the igrab'd reference to the orphanage directory inode if chowning it fails. Fix that.
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Linux Linux Version: 1e58a8ccf2597c9259a8e71a2bffac5e11e12ea0
Version: 1e58a8ccf2597c9259a8e71a2bffac5e11e12ea0
Version: 1e58a8ccf2597c9259a8e71a2bffac5e11e12ea0
Version: 1e58a8ccf2597c9259a8e71a2bffac5e11e12ea0
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