# xfs: don't leak new_bp if xfs_btree_bload_drop_buf fails

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97545`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97545`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:21 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `e069d549705e49841247acf9b3176744e27d5425 to before 355b8a5d7e9a38fca8dbf7a4721450252ac7868f` (git)
  - affected: `e069d549705e49841247acf9b3176744e27d5425 to before 176a53af77b430e1c19ee15fc492145ace666de7` (git)
  - affected: `e069d549705e49841247acf9b3176744e27d5425 to before b19dfd4546088a0823e0c47f8ceb6b2775bd1ac7` (git)
  - affected: `e069d549705e49841247acf9b3176744e27d5425 to before f1930bc578095409c2dcfca6e4e898b24f0f0de6` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.8`
  - unaffected: `before 6.8` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0021, the 10th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97545](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97545)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97545](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97545)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/355b8a5d7e9a38fca8dbf7a4721450252ac7868f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/176a53af77b430e1c19ee15fc492145ace666de7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b19dfd4546088a0823e0c47f8ceb6b2775bd1ac7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1930bc578095409c2dcfca6e4e898b24f0f0de6>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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