CVE-2026-45915

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
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 27, 2026

Last Modified

June 24, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Jun 24, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

fat: avoid parent link count underflow in rmdir - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3b7ffa90f613938128432c7b2f35b7aa4bdd86b
generic

fat: avoid parent link count underflow in rmdir - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0bb592fa9def2bace90ac8926c0a1d6fa8c1aa0
generic

fat: avoid parent link count underflow in rmdir - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd569b87378b9c33ae13c23d6bb9d205d66f7c4b
generic

fat: avoid parent link count underflow in rmdir - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9894c79fd9466612d0514be157b5c30cd93aa645
generic

fat: avoid parent link count underflow in rmdir - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/955c5d670b5ae07c78f4345e23a895638db96ce1
generic

fat: avoid parent link count underflow in rmdir - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cafcb881364af5ef3a8b9fed4db254054033d8a
generic

fat: avoid parent link count underflow in rmdir - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fe0de287e931e07cb96ecf1f449b2ebdb0e1115
generic

fat: avoid parent link count underflow in rmdir - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17866f8a0822d414cb02e621cf003a7d04396ef8

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-45915(1)

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

Patch Availability(21)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (5.15.0.1109.115~20.04.1) @ focal2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-6.8 (6.8.0-134.134) @ noble2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1058.61.1) @ noble2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge (6.8.0-134.134.1) @ noble2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-6.8 (6.8.0-1029.30) @ noble2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp (6.8.0.1032.33) @ noble2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-realtime-6.8 (6.8.0-2049.50) @ noble2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-6.8 (6.8.0-1060.64) @ noble2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-134.134+fips1) @ noble2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.15.0-1075 (5.15.0-1075.79) @ jammy2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 (5.15.0.1064.66~20.04.1) @ focal2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-5.15 (5.15.0.1107.107) @ jammy2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 (5.15.0.1064.64) @ jammy2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-edge (5.15.0.1106.110~20.04.1) @ focal2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1063.71) @ noble2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1062.69) @ noble2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-6.8 (6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1109.105) @ jammy2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1117.126) @ jammy2026-07-29ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-07-29ubuntu
linuxKernel @ 5.10.252—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

All Vendor Advisories

(23)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

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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.

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  1. 2026-08-01 15:42 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-01 15:42 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-08-01 15:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-31 08:03 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-31 08:03 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-07-31 08:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-30 16:28 UTCEPSS rescore
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  11. 2026-07-29 15:52 UTCVendor advisory
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  13. 2026-07-28 15:36 UTCEPSS rescore
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  16. 2026-07-27 12:11 UTCVendor advisory
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  30. 2026-06-25 01:43 UTCEG score recompute▲ 5.50
  31. 2026-06-25 01:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-06-24 18:02 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.5 · severity → MEDIUM
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-45915?
CVE-2026-45915 is a medium vulnerability published on May 27, 2026. 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 dropnlink(dir) and can drive…
When was CVE-2026-45915 disclosed?
CVE-2026-45915 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 27, 2026, with the most recent update on June 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-45915 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-45915 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 94.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-45915?
CVE-2026-45915 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-45915?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-45915, 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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