kernel: xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's XFS filesystem. When adding extended attributes xattrs, which are metadata associated with files, to leaf blocks, incorrect adjustments to the freemap can occur. This inconsistency allows the entries array and free space to overlap, leading to an assertion...

kernel: xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's XFS filesystem. When adding extended attributes xattrs, which are metadata associated with files, to leaf blocks, incorrect adjustments to the freemap can occur. This inconsistency allows the entries array and free space to overlap, leading to an assertion...

kernel: xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's XFS filesystem. When adding extended attributes xattrs, which are metadata associated with files, to leaf blocks, incorrect adjustments to the freemap can occur. This inconsistency allows the entries array and free space to overlap, leading to an assertion...

CVE-2026-43158

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks xfs/592 and xfs/794 both trip this assertion in the leaf block freemap adjustment code after 20 minutes of running on my test VMs: ASSERTichdr-firstused = ichdr-count...