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.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/120c6bd7ca9d3e80a968b758cbb3fbd67570f132 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/31bf37cf53ede8145e2bc62da803d4506da92975 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/337506dc652383c80839edb8d8dcdd8ff2129b4f Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e54f8dfee359bbd58086c883ea8cffd5312999d Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/79b592e8f1b435796cbc2722190368e3e8ffd7a1 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/808f3191498f300174523c54cab101e18795ae4e Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc7c9b9d03a59a7fe483574531327e650a4b4adc Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2943bdbcdef6f74d4235ad0e57b225104dcad8ab
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 5 · as of 14 November 2026
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