SB20260928397 - Improper resource shutdown or release in Linux kernel xfs libxfs

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Improper resource shutdown or release (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-97545)

CWE-ID: CWE-404 - Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

CVSSv4: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a locked buffer to be leaked.

The vulnerability exists due to improper resource release in xfs_btree_bload_prep_block when handling an I/O error while writing the delayed-write buffer list to disk. A local user can cause the function to handle an I/O error during the write operation to cause a locked buffer to be leaked.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/176a53af77b430e1c19ee15fc492145ace666de7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/355b8a5d7e9a38fca8dbf7a4721450252ac7868f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b19dfd4546088a0823e0c47f8ceb6b2775bd1ac7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1930bc578095409c2dcfca6e4e898b24f0f0de6