Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [6.18,6.18.53)[6.19,7.2.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-20824242
  • published11 Oct 2026
  • disclosed25 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-97550  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-681  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.18.53, 7.2.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types due to incorrect unit conversion in the per_binval computation within the xfs_buf_inval_log_space process. An attacker can cause unintended behavior or system instability by exploiting this flaw to trigger improper memory operations.

Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1