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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().

Publication Date May 27, 2026, 11:17 p.m.
Registration Date May 28, 2026, 4:13 a.m.
Last Update May 27, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
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