CVE-2026-80535

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's XFS filesystem. When a local user or process attempts to delete a directory that refers to itself, the directory tree repair code incorrectly tries to acquire a lock on the same inode twice. This double-locking issue can lead to system instability or...

CVE-2026-80535 xfs: don't double-lock when deleting a self-referential directory

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: don't double-lock when deleting a self-referential directory LOLLM notices that the dirtree scrubber can detect a directory that refers to itself. In this case, it's not correct for the directory tree repair code to try to...