CVE-2026-80820: xfs: don't livelock in scrub on a circular unlinked list
Published Sep 4, 2026
·Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfs: don't livelock in scrub on a circular unlinked list
LOLLM points out that online fsck can livelock if an unlinked inode list contains a loop. Use a bitmap to detect cycles.
Event History
Sep 4, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:13 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:13 PM
Description