PT-2026-43766 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2
CVE-2026-45899
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Published
2026-05-27
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Updated
2026-08-25
CVSS v4.0
7.1
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
An issue exists in the ext4 file system where a failure during the split extent process may cause the system to return an error immediately while some extents are still being processed. This leads to stale extent entries remaining in the extent status tree.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Ubuntu