{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98443 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-98443 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 18 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-98443 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-98443 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 18 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98443 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98443/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98443/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-98443","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98443/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-98443","record":{"aliases":["AZL-108929","BELL-CVE-2026-98443","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98443","GHSA-27hr-pwp4-53ph","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98443"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel XFS filesystem allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfs: fix cursor and pointer handling when recovering iunlink buckets\n\nLOLLM pointed out a bug in xlog_recover_iunlink_bucket:\n\n1. We don't null out prev_ip after releasing it, which can lead to UAF\n   problems if the inodegc flush call in the loop fails.\n\nat which point I noticed even more bugs:\n\n2. If the inodegc flush inside the loop fails, we also leak @ip.\n\n3. We set prev_agino to agino having already advanced agino, which\n   results in inodes with i_prev_unlinked set to itself.\n\n4. If we exit the bottom of the loop with prev_ip set, then prev_ip\n   aliases ip and we also set its i_prev_unlinked to itself.\n\nBugs 3 and 4 introduce loops into the unlinked list, though these loops\ndon't surface because we immediately flush each unlinked inode after\nloading it.\n\nFix all of these issues.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"xfs: fix cursor and pointer handling when recovering iunlink buckets","id":"CVE-2026-98443","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"xfs: drop dquot flush lock when we can't find a buffer to flush","id":"CVE-2026-98444"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"net/sched: act_ct: fix helper UAF due to extensions realloc","id":"CVE-2026-98442"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-10-18","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-24","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel XFS filesystem allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98443/"}