CVE-2026-45985

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: May 27, 2026 (44 days ago)
Last Modified: May 27, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. When allocating blocks for direct I/O (DIO) and writeback, an incorrect flag handling during extent splitting could lead to a mismatch between the on-disk extent status and the extent status tree. This issue, particularly when a temporary error occurs during extent splitting, could result in the exposure of stale data to a local user if the direct I/O operation fails.

CWE

CWE-367

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 lore.kernel.org