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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-80809"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-04T15:13:29.769Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T08:44:02.755Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:30.346Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-80809"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-80809.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80809"
title: "ocfs2: fix missing metadata reservation for large xattrs"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nocfs2: fix missing metadata reservation for large xattrs\n\n[BUG]\nlsetxattr() panics the kernel when setting a large xattr value on a\nfragmented filesystem where the file already has an external xattr\nblock.\n\n[CAUSE]\nocfs2_calc_xattr_set_need() never reserves metadata blocks for a new\nxattr value's extent tree when the file already has an external xattr\nblock. The not_found path leaves meta_add at zero, so meta_ac is NULL\nwhen ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation() runs.\n\nA new value root has room for a single extent record. On a fragmented\nfilesystem, the allocator cannot satisfy the xattr value in one\ncontiguous run, so each non-contiguous run requires its own extent\nrecord. When the value root's extent list is full and meta_ac is NULL,\nocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree() returns RESTART_META, and\nocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation() hits BUG_ON(why == RESTART_META).\n\n[FIX]\nThe case where no xattr block exists yet already calls\nocfs2_extend_meta_needed(&def_xv.xv.xr_list) to reserve value tree\nmetadata. Add the same reservation to the case where an xattr block\nalready exists, making the two cases consistent.\n\nReplace the BUG_ON with a -ENOSPC return so that if RESTART_META is\nreturned despite the reservation, the error propagates to userspace\ninstead of panicking the kernel."
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