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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 13, 2026· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-68784

CVE-2025-68784

Description

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

xfs: fix a UAF problem in xattr repair

The xchk_setup_xattr_buf function can allocate a new value buffer, which means that any reference to ab->value before the call could become a dangling pointer. Fix this by moving an assignment to after the buffer setup.

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