CVE-2026-23251 (GCVE-0-2026-23251)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-18 17:01 – Updated: 2026-03-18 17:01
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Title
xfs: only call xf{array,blob}_destroy if we have a valid pointer
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: only call xf{array,blob}_destroy if we have a valid pointer Only call the xfarray and xfblob destructor if we have a valid pointer, and be sure to null out that pointer afterwards. Note that this patch fixes a large number of commits, most of which were merged between 6.9 and 6.10.
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Linux Linux Affected: ab97f4b1c030750f2475bf4da8a9554d02206640 , < 5de5be3ed7e7fa4ebde4f4b58fb9a629644f9202 (git)
Affected: ab97f4b1c030750f2475bf4da8a9554d02206640 , < c9ccefacae0d8091683447bc338bd7741417039d (git)
Affected: ab97f4b1c030750f2475bf4da8a9554d02206640 , < d827612c81a26cc1dd83a211cfcb5ad8765da0c4 (git)
Affected: ab97f4b1c030750f2475bf4da8a9554d02206640 , < ba408d299a3bb3c5309f40c5326e4fb83ead4247 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.10 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.75 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.16 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.6 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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