CVE-2026-80536

HIGHPre-NVD 8.48.4
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.4 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-27. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
8.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.4Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xfs: bounds-check buffer log item's dirty bitmap

xlog_recover_do_reg_buffer() replays each dirty region described by a buffer log item's bitmap into the buffer read for that item:

memcpy(xfs_buf_offset(bp, (uint)bit << XFS_BLF_SHIFT), item->ri_buf[i].iov_base, nbits << XFS_BLF_SHIFT);

The destination offset (bit/nbits, from the logged dirty bitmap) and the buffer size (from the logged blf_len) are both attacker-controlled and otherwise unrelated, yet the only thing bounding the copy is an ASSERT(), which compiles away on production kernels. A crafted image logging a small blf_len together with a bitmap bit past the end of that buffer drives the memcpy() past the buffer's allocation, corrupting adjacent kernel heap during mount-time log recovery. This is reachable by anyone who can get a crafted image mounted -- the malicious-filesystem threat model XFS already guards against elsewhere.

Turn the ASSERT() into a real XFS_IS_CORRUPT() check that aborts recovery of the buffer with -EFSCORRUPTED, consistent with the validate-and-fail idiom already used in xlog_recover_do_inode_buffer() and xfs_dquot_item_recover.c. xlog_recover_do_reg_buffer() therefore becomes STATIC int and its three callers propagate the error.

Found and confirmed with KASAN on a CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG=n build: the crafted image trips a slab-out-of-bounds write before this change and fails recovery cleanly with -EFSCORRUPTED after it.

CVSS v3
8.4
EG Score
8.4(high)
EG Risk
42(Track)
EG Risk 42/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity84% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 26, 2026

Last Modified

August 27, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Aug 27, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

xfs: bounds-check buffer log item's dirty bitmap - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8288214459ead7e87d26e5822f62c14a4f2ed6b
generic

xfs: bounds-check buffer log item's dirty bitmap - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edaf5b6bd625356893da20d69a259b34a9de2694
generic

xfs: bounds-check buffer log item's dirty bitmap - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/813f8136a2ce1fee266d02a7df73db6e8a541604

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-80536(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 20× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-30 03:11 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-30 03:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-29 14:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-29 02:31 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-29 02:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-28 14:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-28 01:51 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-28 01:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-27 13:33 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-27 13:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-27 13:00 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-27 13:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-27 06:20 UTCEG score recompute 8.40
  17. 2026-08-27 06:11 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.4 · severity → HIGH
  18. 2026-08-26 15:43 UTCNVD update
  19. 2026-08-26 14:43 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-26 14:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-80536?
CVE-2026-80536 is a high vulnerability published on August 26, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: bounds-check buffer log item's dirty bitmap xlogrecoverdoregbuffer() replays each dirty region described by a buffer log item's bitmap into the buffer read for that item: memcpy(xfsbufoffset(bp, (uint)bit << XFSBLFSHIFT),…
When was CVE-2026-80536 disclosed?
CVE-2026-80536 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 26, 2026, with the most recent update on August 27, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-80536 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-80536 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 96.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-80536?
CVE-2026-80536 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-80536?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-80536, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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