CVE-2026-45892

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-27. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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

ext4: drop extent cache after doing PARTIAL_VALID1 zeroout

When splitting an unwritten extent in the middle and converting it to initialized in ext4_split_extent() with the EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT and EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2 flags set, it could leave a stale unwritten extent.

Assume we have an unwritten file and buffered write in the middle of it without dioread_nolock enabled, it will allocate blocks as written extent.

0 A B N [UUUUUUUUUUUU] on-disk extent U: unwritten extent [UUUUUUUUUUUU] extent status tree [--DDDDDDDD--] D: valid data |<- ->| ----> this range needs to be initialized

ext4_split_extent() first try to split this extent at B with EXT4_EXT_DATA_PARTIAL_VALID1 and EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT flag set, but ext4_split_extent_at() failed to split this extent due to temporary lack of space. It zeroout B to N and leave the entire extent as unwritten.

0 A B N [UUUUUUUUUUUU] on-disk extent [UUUUUUUUUUUU] extent status tree [--DDDDDDDDZZ] Z: zeroed data

ext4_split_extent() then try to split this extent at A with EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2 flag set. This time, it split successfully and leave an written extent from A to N.

0 A B N [UUWWWWWWWWWW] on-disk extent W: written extent [UUUUUUUUUUUU] extent status tree [--DDDDDDDDZZ]

Finally ext4_map_create_blocks() only insert extent A to B to the extent status tree, and leave an stale unwritten extent in the status tree.

0 A B N [UUWWWWWWWWWW] on-disk extent W: written extent [UUWWWWWWWWUU] extent status tree [--DDDDDDDDZZ]

Fix this issue by always cached extent status entry after zeroing out the second part.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EPSS
5.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 27, 2026

Last Modified

June 25, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Jun 25, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

ext4: drop extent cache after doing PARTIAL_VALID1 zeroout - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0931a5c17005a0c4fc35bd1a001245effc3354b
generic

ext4: drop extent cache after doing PARTIAL_VALID1 zeroout - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8ee559fccdef713f058cfe5f2c03dc9b18be3b1
generic

ext4: drop extent cache after doing PARTIAL_VALID1 zeroout - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2ee51d684adca7645e4aa74adca13f6750390bc
generic

ext4: drop extent cache after doing PARTIAL_VALID1 zeroout - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1b962a821e7a52d48212ae269b45808b4411267
generic

ext4: drop extent cache after doing PARTIAL_VALID1 zeroout - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d882ea3b0931b43530d44149b79fcd4ffc13030
generic

Revert "ext4: don't zero the entire extent if EXT4_EXT_DATA_PARTIAL_VALID1" - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28db4bfc6f82fd20e2aadb7fc162244109a4eb31

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-45892(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 49× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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  9. 2026-07-09 00:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  17. 2026-07-01 11:37 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-01 11:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  21. 2026-06-30 04:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-06-29 02:26 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-06-29 02:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
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  4. 2026-06-28 01:08 UTCEG score recompute▲ 5.50
  5. 2026-06-28 01:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-06-25 21:50 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  8. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-06-25 01:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-06-24 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
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  25. 2026-06-15 22:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-06-15 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  30. 2026-06-12 23:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  35. 2026-06-09 23:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  40. 2026-06-07 00:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-06-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  48. 2026-06-04 01:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-06-02 20:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-06-01 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
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  52. 2026-06-01 01:42 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-06-01 01:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-05-31 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-45892?
CVE-2026-45892 is a medium vulnerability published on May 27, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: drop extent cache after doing PARTIAL_VALID1 zeroout When splitting an unwritten extent in the middle and converting it to initialized in ext4splitextent() with the EXT4EXTMAY_ZEROOUT and EXT4EXTDATA_VALID2 flags set, it…
When was CVE-2026-45892 disclosed?
CVE-2026-45892 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 27, 2026, with the most recent update on June 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-45892 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-45892 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 5.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-45892?
CVE-2026-45892 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-45892?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-45892, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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