CVE-2026-46046

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end\")\nintroduced a refcount leak in when block_csum is false.\n\next4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all() calls ext4_get_inode_loc() to\nget iloc.bh, but never releases it with brelse()."}], "lastModified": "2026-06-17T10:52:57.547", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "4D6F83CA-7E5C-4A91-9D8C-71CC85535E7D", "versionEndExcluding": "5.5", "versionStartIncluding": "5.4.293"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "D8832159-E9F2-4E3A-869E-F397B4D75488", "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.258", "versionStartIncluding": "5.10.237"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "319819D2-533D-4AE6-8CE2-84C6808BA7CB", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.209", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15.181"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, 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