# xfs: initialise args->total for parent pointer updates

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97551`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97551`
- **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: `b7c62d90c12c6cc86f10b8a62cefe0029374b6ff to before 9ad85bce62cadfdf4242f6e6bbff2a52e51d30f1` (git)
  - affected: `b7c62d90c12c6cc86f10b8a62cefe0029374b6ff to before c66e138af626cad4210da449996ae9e07ee63add` (git)
  - affected: `b7c62d90c12c6cc86f10b8a62cefe0029374b6ff to before ac9032882d673dd6679e1d873a2dc0131a1aeb43` (git)
  - affected: `b7c62d90c12c6cc86f10b8a62cefe0029374b6ff to before 8e4ebb6afaa34bd2e8ce52da231003d24111c2d6` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.10`
  - unaffected: `before 6.10` (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:** 0.0020, the 9th 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-2026-97551](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97551)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97551](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97551)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad85bce62cadfdf4242f6e6bbff2a52e51d30f1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c66e138af626cad4210da449996ae9e07ee63add>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac9032882d673dd6679e1d873a2dc0131a1aeb43>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e4ebb6afaa34bd2e8ce52da231003d24111c2d6>

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.

## Check whether this affects you

This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-97551>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

---

The web page: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/CVE-2026-97551/>. Everything for agents: <https://agentprime.io/llms.txt>.