CVE-2026-45915

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fat: avoid parent link count underflow in rmdir Corrupted FAT images can leave a directory inode with an incorrect i_nlink (e.g. 2 even though subdirectories exist). rmdir then unconditionally calls drop_nlink(dir) and can drive i_nlink to 0, triggering the WARN_ON in drop_nlink(). Add a sanity check in vfat_rmdir() and msdos_rmdir(): only drop the parent link count when it is at least 3, otherwise report a filesystem error.
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History

24 Jun 2026, 17:23

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17866f8a0822d414cb02e621cf003a7d04396ef8 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17866f8a0822d414cb02e621cf003a7d04396ef8 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fe0de287e931e07cb96ecf1f449b2ebdb0e1115 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fe0de287e931e07cb96ecf1f449b2ebdb0e1115 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cafcb881364af5ef3a8b9fed4db254054033d8a - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cafcb881364af5ef3a8b9fed4db254054033d8a - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/955c5d670b5ae07c78f4345e23a895638db96ce1 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/955c5d670b5ae07c78f4345e23a895638db96ce1 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9894c79fd9466612d0514be157b5c30cd93aa645 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9894c79fd9466612d0514be157b5c30cd93aa645 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd569b87378b9c33ae13c23d6bb9d205d66f7c4b - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd569b87378b9c33ae13c23d6bb9d205d66f7c4b - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0bb592fa9def2bace90ac8926c0a1d6fa8c1aa0 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0bb592fa9def2bace90ac8926c0a1d6fa8c1aa0 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3b7ffa90f613938128432c7b2f35b7aa4bdd86b - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3b7ffa90f613938128432c7b2f35b7aa4bdd86b - Patch
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5

27 May 2026, 14:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-27 14:17

Updated : 2026-06-24 17:23


NVD link : CVE-2026-45915

Mitre link : CVE-2026-45915

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-45915


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel