CVE-2026-45915
Medium
Description
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
Product
Linux Kernel
PublishedMay 27, 2026
First seenMay 27, 2026
How to fix
Update
- linux linux_kernel5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.14, 6.19.4 or later
Patches
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/17866f8a0822d414cb02e621cf003a7d04396ef8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fe0de287e931e07cb96ecf1f449b2ebdb0e1115
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cafcb881364af5ef3a8b9fed4db254054033d8a
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/955c5d670b5ae07c78f4345e23a895638db96ce1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9894c79fd9466612d0514be157b5c30cd93aa645
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd569b87378b9c33ae13c23d6bb9d205d66f7c4b
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0bb592fa9def2bace90ac8926c0a1d6fa8c1aa0
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3b7ffa90f613938128432c7b2f35b7aa4bdd86b
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux linux_kernel | 2.6.19 ≤ v < 5.10.252, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.202, 5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.165, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.6.128, 6.7 ≤ v < 6.12.75, 6.13 ≤ v < 6.18.14, 6.19 ≤ v < 6.19.4 | 5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.14, 6.19.4 |
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