CVE-2026-98446

CVE-2026-98446

published October 18, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

xfs: don't let hidden_space go negative in xfs_metafile_resv_init

LOLLM points out that if the amount of fdblocks that we can reserve for

a metadata btree file goes below the space already used by that file,

then the hidden_space subtraction can underflow, causing

xfs_dec_fdblocks to subtract a huge amount of space. We never want the

target to be less than the used sapce, so fix the logic that adjusts

dblocks_avail downwards.

Also fix an error in the adjacent comment.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00173 · 6.4th percentile
Published
2026-10-18T20:16Z
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 OCT 03:34Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 18 OCT 15:14Z
    xfs: don't let hidden_space go negative in xfs_metafile_resv_init
    cvelistv5
  • 18 OCT 15:14Z
    xfs: don't let hidden_space go negative in xfs_metafile_resv_init
    cvelistv5