CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-80591

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability was found in the f2fs filesystem's f2fs_listxattr() function. Lack of validation of xattr entries before reading their fields may result in returning a partial result instead of an error when an entry is outside the valid storage area.

Risk Assessment

This could lead to incorrect filesystem behavior and potential data integrity issues.

Recommendation

Apply a Linux kernel update that includes the fix validating xattr entries in f2fs_listxattr().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix listxattr handling of corrupted xattr entries Validate the xattr entry before reading its fields in f2fs_listxattr(). Return -EFSCORRUPTED when the entry is outside the valid xattr storage area instead of returning a successful partial result.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS