CVE-2026-97549

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: fix under-reservation of blocks when repairing sf directories Whilst running QA on XFS for-next as of 7.3-rc2 with MKFSOPTIONS="-n size=8192", I observed the following trimmed dmesg splat: XFS: Assertion failed: args-total =...

CVE-2026-97549

The Linux kernel XFS filesystem experienced an issue where the system would under-reserve blocks during the repair of shortform (sf) directories . The root cause was an incorrect assignment of the args->total value in xrep_dir_swap_prep, which failed to account for the correct ratio between di...