# xfs: don't let memory failures leak blocks and kill repairs

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98445`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98445`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:14 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: `be408417630427984a1fddd069f30b245793234c to before 3380151cf0ce8ad0c1d356fed51e4b69e1d28e50` (git)
  - affected: `be408417630427984a1fddd069f30b245793234c to before b15c79fca28060fd9c7e77f2c3ebc4ba023974e8` (git)
  - affected: `be408417630427984a1fddd069f30b245793234c to before 0e0d3372a84029da1768c7a4c4601484af5b58a2` (git)
  - affected: `be408417630427984a1fddd069f30b245793234c to before ab1c416d2377cdc16123ef521aac4da1c468c3d4` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.8`
  - unaffected: `before 6.8` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.113 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.56 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.9 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:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 8 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 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98445](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98445)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98445](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98445)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3380151cf0ce8ad0c1d356fed51e4b69e1d28e50>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b15c79fca28060fd9c7e77f2c3ebc4ba023974e8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e0d3372a84029da1768c7a4c4601484af5b58a2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab1c416d2377cdc16123ef521aac4da1c468c3d4>

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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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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