CVE-2026-45899

MEDIUM

ext4: drop extent cache when splitting extent fails

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: drop extent cache when splitting extent fails When the split extent fails, we might leave some extents still being processed and return an error directly, which will result in stale extent entries remaining in the extent status tree. So drop all of the remaining potentially stale extents if the splitting fails.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (36)
linux/Kernel 3.12.0 - 5.10.253linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.203linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.6.130linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.14linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.4linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.75linux
Linux/Linux < 3.12
Linux/Linux < 5.10.253
Linux/Linux < 5.15.203
Linux/Linux < 6.12.75
... and 26 more
Published May 27, 2026
Tracked Since May 27, 2026