CVE-2026-46223

The CVE-2026-46223 issue concerns the Linux kernel cgroup subsystem: rmdir defers percpu_ref kill of CSS until the cgroup is depopulated. A chain of commits reworked rmdir behavior to ensure ->css_offline() does not run while tasks are still doing kernel work in the cgroup. The core problem wa...

CVE-2026-46223

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cgroup: Defer css percpuref kill on rmdir until cgroup is depopulated A chain of commits going back to v7.0 reworked rmdir to satisfy the controller invariant that a subsystem's -cssoffline must not run while tasks are still doin...

CVE-2026-46223 cgroup: Defer css percpu_ref kill on rmdir until cgroup is depopulated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cgroup: Defer css percpuref kill on rmdir until cgroup is depopulated A chain of commits going back to v7.0 reworked rmdir to satisfy the controller invariant that a subsystem's -cssoffline must not run while tasks are still doin...

CVE-2026-46223 cgroup: Defer css percpu_ref kill on rmdir until cgroup is depopulated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cgroup: Defer css percpuref kill on rmdir until cgroup is depopulated A chain of commits going back to v7.0 reworked rmdir to satisfy the controller invariant that a subsystem's -cssoffline must not run while tasks are still doin...

EUVD-2026-32850

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cgroup: Defer css percpuref kill on rmdir until cgroup is depopulated A chain of commits going back to v7.0 reworked rmdir to satisfy the controller invariant that a subsystem's -cssoffline must not run while tasks are still doin...

SUSE CVE-2026-45915

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 inlink e.g. 2 even though subdirectories exist. rmdir then unconditionally calls dropnlinkdir and can drive inlink...

SUSE CVE-2026-46002

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext2: reject inodes with zero inlink and valid mode in ext2iget ext2iget already rejects inodes with inlink == 0 when imode is zero or idtime is set, treating them as deleted. However, the case of inlink == 0 with a non-zero mode...

CVE-2026-46160: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix missing lastunlinktrans update when removing a directory When removing a directory we are not updating its lastunlinktrans field, which can result in incorrect fsync behaviour in case some one fsyncs the directory afte...

CVE-2026-46223: Improper Locking

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cgroup: Defer css percpuref kill on rmdir until cgroup is depopulated A chain of commits going back to v7.0 reworked rmdir to satisfy the controller invariant that a subsystem's -cssoffline must not run while tasks are still doin...

Linux Kernel Security Vulnerabilities

The Linux kernel is the core of the open-source operating system Linux, developed by the Linux Foundation in the United States. There is a security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which stems from insufficient kill delay during the rmdir operation in cgroups, potentially leading to race...

EUVD-2026-32381

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 inlink e.g. 2 even though subdirectories exist. rmdir then unconditionally calls dropnlinkdir and can drive inlink...

CVE-2026-45915

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 inlink e.g. 2 even though subdirectories exist. rmdir then unconditionally calls dropnlinkdir and can drive inlink...

CVE-2026-45915

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 inlink e.g. 2 even though subdirectories exist. rmdir then unconditionally calls dropnlinkdir and can drive inlink...

Linux Kernel Security Vulnerabilities

The Linux kernel is the core of the open-source operating system Linux, developed by the Linux Foundation in the United States. There is a security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which stems from the fact that the rmdir operation in the FAT file system does not check the inlink value of the...

CVE-2026-45915

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 inlink e.g. 2 even though subdirectories exist. rmdir then unconditionally calls dropnlinkdir and can drive inlink...

PT-2026-43869

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description An issue exists in the ext2 filesystem where the ext2 iget function fails to reject inodes that have a link count i nlink of zero while maintaining a valid mode and a zero deletion time ...

CVE-2026-45915: Undefined Security Weakness

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 inlink e.g. 2 even though subdirectories exist. rmdir then unconditionally calls dropnlinkdir and can drive inlink...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-45915

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - fat: avoid parent link count underflow in rmdir Corrupted FAT images can leave a directory inode with an incorrect inlink e.g. 2 even though subdirectories exis...

CLSA-2026-1779101894 opensc: Fix of CVE-2023-40661

CVE-2023-40661: fix multiple smartcard pkcs15init buffer overflows, underflows and out-of-bounds writes scpkcs15initrmdir, setcoscreatekey, cosmnewfile, cosmcreatekey, scpkcs15getlastupdate, iasecc-sdo, entersafe, epass2003 keygen...

Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-002290)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-002290 advisory. The xfsda3fixhashpath function in fs/xfs/xfsdabtree.c in the xfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.14.2 does not properly compare btree hash values, which...