CVE-2026-46046

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: fix missing brelse() in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all()

The commit c8e008b60492 ("ext4: ignore xattrs past end") introduced a refcount leak in when block_csum is false.

ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all() calls ext4_get_inode_loc() to get iloc.bh, but never releases it with brelse().

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux76c365fa7e2a8bb85f0190cdb4b8cdc99b2fdce3 < dd98a5603a212ea9c96c6982ccdbcc748fdb9a56affected
LinuxLinuxf737418b6de31c962c7192777ee4018906975383 < 153ab2c52355fbebcae622db8e7b506492c73a29affected
LinuxLinuxcf9291a3449b04688b81e32621e88de8f4314b54 < b706d00206a9e82362a9633efbd8b5775650169baffected
LinuxLinux362a90cecd36e8a5c415966d0b75b04a0270e4dd < 1bc1107a3a403a6d440673ed6666f7b07ef868a8affected
LinuxLinuxeb59cc31b6ea076021d14b04e7faab1636b87d0e < 097227f1ffe1a85bc3c359f81c71e3d40e06e920affected
LinuxLinuxc8e008b60492cf6fd31ef127aea6d02fd3d314cd < 1e6b0a69bf2c9c819255c7566e4355536d81d9cfaffected
LinuxLinuxc8e008b60492cf6fd31ef127aea6d02fd3d314cd < f072906688933bf47fabbaf63560be03357c8298affected
LinuxLinuxc8e008b60492cf6fd31ef127aea6d02fd3d314cd < 77d059519382bd66283e6a4e83ee186e87e7708faffected
LinuxLinux6aff941cb0f7d0c897c3698ad2e30672709135e3affected
LinuxLinux3bc6317033f365ce578eb6039445fb66162722fdaffected
LinuxLinux836e625b03a666cf93ff5be328c8cb30336db872affected
LinuxLinux5.10.237 < 5.10.258affected
LinuxLinux5.15.181 < 5.15.209affected
LinuxLinux6.1.135 < 6.1.175affected
LinuxLinux6.6.88 < 6.6.140affected
LinuxLinux6.12.24 < 6.12.86affected
LinuxLinux5.4.293 < 5.5affected
LinuxLinux6.13.12 < 6.14affected
LinuxLinux6.14.3 < 6.15affected
LinuxLinux6.15affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.15unaffected
LinuxLinux5.10.258 <= 5.10.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.15.209 <= 5.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.175 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.140 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.86 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.27 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.0.4 <= 7.0.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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