FKIE_CVE-2026-74728
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-22 16:16 - Updated: 2026-08-22 16:16
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfs: handle NULL b_addr in xfs_buf_free
When xfs_buf_alloc_backing_mem() fails, xfs_buf_free() is called with
bp->b_addr still NULL. The code falls through to the folio_put path
which calls virt_to_folio(NULL), dereferencing an invalid address and
causing a kernel crash.
Call Trace:
xfs_buf_free+0x25f/0x510
xfs_buf_alloc+0xc98/0x19b0
xfs_buf_find_insert+0x55/0x14d0
xfs_buf_get_map+0x122b/0x17c0
xfbtree_init_leaf_block+0x11c/0x4a0
xfbtree_init+0x1bb/0x460
xrep_rmap_setup_scan+0x100/0x1f0
xrep_rmapbt+0x41/0xc0
Fix this by skipping folio_put() when bp->b_addr is NULL.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"lessThan": "ccf6738adcafa5ddbddc4e71b45d8a51b86643c7",
"status": "affected",
"version": "5076a6040ca1613e616d84aecfaac5f932db84e0",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "3aa0c1d23ee1b9d9b340fb2f4736536e1408d706",
"status": "affected",
"version": "5076a6040ca1613e616d84aecfaac5f932db84e0",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "d852729c5f4f830fbe7413df032e29459b3daf83",
"status": "affected",
"version": "5076a6040ca1613e616d84aecfaac5f932db84e0",
"versionType": "git"
}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "6.9"
},
{
"lessThan": "6.9",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.45",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.1.9",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfs: handle NULL b_addr in xfs_buf_free\n\nWhen xfs_buf_alloc_backing_mem() fails, xfs_buf_free() is called with\nbp-\u003eb_addr still NULL. The code falls through to the folio_put path\nwhich calls virt_to_folio(NULL), dereferencing an invalid address and\ncausing a kernel crash.\n\n Call Trace:\n xfs_buf_free+0x25f/0x510\n xfs_buf_alloc+0xc98/0x19b0\n xfs_buf_find_insert+0x55/0x14d0\n xfs_buf_get_map+0x122b/0x17c0\n xfbtree_init_leaf_block+0x11c/0x4a0\n xfbtree_init+0x1bb/0x460\n xrep_rmap_setup_scan+0x100/0x1f0\n xrep_rmapbt+0x41/0xc0\n\nFix this by skipping folio_put() when bp-\u003eb_addr is NULL."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-74728",
"lastModified": "2026-08-22T16:16:47.930",
"metrics": {},
"published": "2026-08-22T16:16:47.930",
"references": [
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3aa0c1d23ee1b9d9b340fb2f4736536e1408d706"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccf6738adcafa5ddbddc4e71b45d8a51b86643c7"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d852729c5f4f830fbe7413df032e29459b3daf83"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Received"
}
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