High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated Oct 21, 2026
CVE-2026-43153
CVE-2026-43153
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfs: remove xfs_attr_leaf_hasname
The calling convention of xfs_attr_leaf_hasname() is problematic, because it returns a NULL buffer when xfs_attr3_leaf_read fails, a valid buffer when xfs_attr3_leaf_lookup_int returns -ENOATTR or -EEXIST, and a non-NULL buffer pointer for an already released buffer when xfs_attr3_leaf_lookup_int fails with other error values.
Fix this by simply open coding xfs_attr_leaf_hasname in the callers, so that the buffer release code is done by each caller of xfs_attr3_leaf_read.
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Affected products
3Patches
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fbc8421d1db102c0e5458607e042a23a03648b1nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a65ea768b8094e4699e72f9ab420eb9e0f3f568nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/457121c01f609b9934addbb04d5c1ef638c71c61nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/530082df991903f3330354e99e0cb7b05debfa86nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/759e44a6cba8e81d945ffc269a326ec39e7f54f5nvd
News mentions
1- Patch Tuesday - May 2026Rapid7 Blog · May 13, 2026