{"id":"CVE-2026-97546","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfs: don't spin forever on zero-length dirents when salvaging them\n\nLOLLM noticed that xrep_dir_recover_data can spin forever if it\nencounters an unused dirent that cla…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfs: don't spin forever on zero-length dirents when salvaging them\n\nLOLLM noticed that xrep_dir_recover_data can spin forever if it\nencounters an unused dirent that cla…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681 < 5442f0c56445618544a801fb4dae35aed87a1aaa","Linux >= b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681 < 08754ebfa5c28e8d57316b1bd7a5a921a5e2e762","Linux >= b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681 < a455c83ce5dc1a2da33b1b84253d298372a8dfbd","Linux >= b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681 < 9f84792b40d0c96833341602144574bf0bd14a6a","Linux 6.10"],"published":"2026-09-25","updated":"2026-09-25","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-25T11:17:04.963","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97546","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08754ebfa5c28e8d57316b1bd7a5a921a5e2e762","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5442f0c56445618544a801fb4dae35aed87a1aaa","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f84792b40d0c96833341602144574bf0bd14a6a","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a455c83ce5dc1a2da33b1b84253d298372a8dfbd","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-25T11:06:38.920Z","slug":"CVE-2026-97546","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfs: don't spin forever on zero-length dirents when salvaging them\n\nLOLLM noticed that xrep_dir_recover_data can spin forever if it\nencounters an unused dirent that claims to have length zero.  Fix that,\nand prevent the same thing from happening with a zero-length entry.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}