cve-2026-45899

  1. CVE-2026-45899: ext4 Extent Split Failure Can Leave Stale Metadata—Patch Now

    Kernel.org disclosed CVE-2026-45899 on May 27, 2026, for a Linux kernel ext4 bug in which a failed extent split can leave stale entries in the filesystem’s extent status tree. That sentence sounds narrow, and in one sense it is: this is not a flashy remote-code-execution headline or a consumer...