# CVE-2026-98447: xfs: fix wild memcpy access when formatting ondisk rtrefcount btree roots

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.55, 7.2.9
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from f0415af60f482a2192065be8b334b409495ca8a3, fixed in d46492fb8018d12d00651b06b9d240e747110b38; from f0415af60f482a2192065be8b334b409495ca8a3, fixed in 2703b954d306ebfe3b11e33e259759329c11b690; from f0415af60f482a2192065be8b334b409495ca8a3, fixed in fe2f9135df43db849e74f03956d322ac20b59af7
- Linux: 6.14
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.14.0, fixed in 6.18.55; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: fix wild memcpy access when formatting ondisk rtrefcount btree roots LOLLM noticed that the inode btree root formatting methods copy too many bytes -- there's only one set of keys in node blocks, not two. This causes memory corruption of whatever's beyond the buffers.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.18.55, 7.2.9) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d46492fb8018d12d00651b06b9d240e747110b38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2703b954d306ebfe3b11e33e259759329c11b690
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe2f9135df43db849e74f03956d322ac20b59af7

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