{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
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              "introduced": "b1991ee3e7cf852e95a3498801303cfbb4468681"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5442f0c56445618544a801fb4dae35aed87a1aaa"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "08754ebfa5c28e8d57316b1bd7a5a921a5e2e762"
            },
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            },
            {
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            }
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          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.10.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.12.111"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.13.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.18.53"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.19.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.2.7"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97546.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfs: don't spin forever on zero-length dirents when salvaging them\n\nLOLLM noticed that xrep_dir_recover_data can spin forever if it\nencounters an unused dirent that claims to have length zero.  Fix that,\nand prevent the same thing from happening with a zero-length entry.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-97546",
  "modified": "2026-09-27T03:30:48.673522854Z",
  "published": "2026-09-25T10:21:41.029Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08754ebfa5c28e8d57316b1bd7a5a921a5e2e762"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5442f0c56445618544a801fb4dae35aed87a1aaa"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f84792b40d0c96833341602144574bf0bd14a6a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a455c83ce5dc1a2da33b1b84253d298372a8dfbd"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97546.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97546"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "xfs: don't spin forever on zero-length dirents when salvaging them"
}