DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46002

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-46002
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46002.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46002
Upstream
Published
2026-05-27T14:17:17Z
Modified
2026-09-14T17:03:14Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext2: reject inodes with zero i_nlink and valid mode in ext2_iget() ext2_iget() already rejects inodes with i_nlink == 0 when i_mode is zero or i_dtime is set, treating them as deleted. However, the case of i_nlink == 0 with a non-zero mode and zero dtime slips through. Since ext2 has no orphan list, such a combination can only result from filesystem corruption - a legitimate inode deletion always sets either i_dtime or clears i_mode before freeing the inode. A crafted image can exploit this gap to present such an inode to the VFS, which then triggers WARN_ON inside drop_nlink() (fs/inode.c) via ext2_unlink(), ext2_rename() and ext2_rmdir(): WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 609 at fs/inode.c:336 drop_nlink+0xad/0xd0 fs/inode.c:336 CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 609 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted 6.12.77+ #1 Call Trace: inode_dec_link_count include/linux/fs.h:2518 [inline] ext2_unlink+0x26c/0x300 fs/ext2/namei.c:295 vfs_unlink+0x2fc/0x9b0 fs/namei.c:4477 do_unlinkat+0x53e/0x730 fs/namei.c:4541 __x64_sys_unlink+0xc6/0x110 fs/namei.c:4587 do_syscall_64+0xf5/0x220 arch/x86/entry/common.c:78 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 646 at fs/inode.c:336 drop_nlink+0xad/0xd0 fs/inode.c:336 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 646 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted 6.12.77+ #1 Call Trace: inode_dec_link_count include/linux/fs.h:2518 [inline] ext2_rename+0x35e/0x850 fs/ext2/namei.c:374 vfs_rename+0xf2f/0x2060 fs/namei.c:5021 do_renameat2+0xbe2/0xd50 fs/namei.c:5178 __x64_sys_rename+0x7e/0xa0 fs/namei.c:5223 do_syscall_64+0xf5/0x220 arch/x86/entry/common.c:78 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 634 at fs/inode.c:336 drop_nlink+0xad/0xd0 fs/inode.c:336 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 634 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted 6.12.77+ #1 Call Trace: inode_dec_link_count include/linux/fs.h:2518 [inline] ext2_rmdir+0xca/0x110 fs/ext2/namei.c:311 vfs_rmdir+0x204/0x690 fs/namei.c:4348 do_rmdir+0x372/0x3e0 fs/namei.c:4407 __x64_sys_unlinkat+0xf0/0x130 fs/namei.c:4577 do_syscall_64+0xf5/0x220 arch/x86/entry/common.c:78 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Extend the existing i_nlink == 0 check to also catch this case, reporting the corruption via ext2_error() and returning -EFSCORRUPTED. This rejects the inode at load time and prevents it from reaching any of the namei.c paths. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.176-1

Affected versions

6.*
6.1.27-1
6.1.37-1
6.1.38-1
6.1.38-2~bpo11+1
6.1.38-2
6.1.38-3
6.1.38-4~bpo11+1
6.1.38-4
6.1.52-1
6.1.55-1~bpo11+1
6.1.55-1
6.1.64-1
6.1.66-1
6.1.67-1
6.1.69-1~bpo11+1
6.1.69-1
6.1.76-1~bpo11+1
6.1.76-1
6.1.82-1
6.1.85-1
6.1.90-1~bpo11+1
6.1.90-1
6.1.94-1~bpo11+1
6.1.94-1
6.1.98-1
6.1.99-1
6.1.106-1
6.1.106-2
6.1.106-3
6.1.112-1
6.1.115-1
6.1.119-1
6.1.123-1
6.1.124-1
6.1.128-1
6.1.129-1
6.1.133-1
6.1.135-1
6.1.137-1
6.1.139-1
6.1.140-1
6.1.147-1
6.1.148-1
6.1.153-1
6.1.158-1
6.1.159-1
6.1.162-1
6.1.164-1
6.1.170-1
6.1.170-2
6.1.170-3
6.1.172-1
6.1.174-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46002.json"

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.12.86-1

Affected versions

6.*
6.12.38-1
6.12.41-1
6.12.43-1~bpo12+1
6.12.43-1
6.12.48-1
6.12.57-1~bpo12+1
6.12.57-1
6.12.63-1~bpo12+1
6.12.63-1
6.12.69-1~bpo12+1
6.12.69-1
6.12.73-1~bpo12+1
6.12.73-1
6.12.74-1
6.12.74-2~bpo12+1
6.12.74-2
6.12.85-1~bpo12+1
6.12.85-1
6.12.86-1~bpo12+1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46002.json"

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.0.4-1

Affected versions

6.*
6.12.38-1
6.12.41-1
6.12.43-1~bpo12+1
6.12.43-1
6.12.48-1
6.12.57-1~bpo12+1
6.12.57-1
6.12.63-1~bpo12+1
6.12.63-1
6.12.69-1~bpo12+1
6.12.69-1
6.12.73-1~bpo12+1
6.12.73-1
6.12.74-1
6.12.74-2~bpo12+1
6.12.74-2
6.12.85-1~bpo12+1
6.12.85-1
6.12.86-1~bpo12+1
6.12.86-1
6.12.88-1~bpo12+1
6.12.88-1
6.12.90-1~bpo12+1
6.12.90-1
6.12.90-2~bpo12+1
6.12.90-2
6.12.94-1~bpo12+1
6.12.94-1
6.12.95-1~bpo12+1
6.12.95-1
6.12.96-1
6.12.100-1
6.12.101-1
6.12.105-1
6.12.107-1
6.13~rc6-1~exp1
6.13~rc7-1~exp1
6.13.2-1~exp1
6.13.3-1~exp1
6.13.4-1~exp1
6.13.5-1~exp1
6.13.6-1~exp1
6.13.7-1~exp1
6.13.8-1~exp1
6.13.9-1~exp1
6.13.10-1~exp1
6.13.11-1~exp1
6.14.3-1~exp1
6.14.5-1~exp1
6.14.6-1~exp1
6.15~rc7-1~exp1
6.15-1~exp1
6.15.1-1~exp1
6.15.2-1~exp1
6.15.3-1~exp1
6.15.4-1~exp1
6.15.5-1~exp1
6.15.6-1~exp1
6.16~rc7-1~exp1
6.16-1~exp1
6.16.1-1~exp1
6.16.3-1~bpo13+1
6.16.3-1
6.16.5-1
6.16.6-1
6.16.7-1
6.16.8-1
6.16.9-1
6.16.10-1
6.16.11-1
6.16.12-1~bpo13+1
6.16.12-1
6.16.12-2
6.17.2-1~exp1
6.17.5-1~exp1
6.17.6-1
6.17.7-1
6.17.7-2
6.17.8-1~bpo13+1
6.17.8-1
6.17.9-1
6.17.10-1
6.17.11-1
6.17.12-1
6.17.13-1~bpo13+1
6.17.13-1
6.18~rc4-1~exp1
6.18~rc4-1~exp2
6.18~rc5-1~exp1
6.18~rc6-1~exp1
6.18~rc7-1~exp1
6.18.1-1~exp1
6.18.2-1~exp1
6.18.3-1
6.18.5-1~bpo13+1
6.18.5-1
6.18.8-1
6.18.9-1~bpo13+1
6.18.9-1
6.18.10-1
6.18.12-1~bpo13+1
6.18.12-1
6.18.13-1
6.18.14-1
6.18.15-1~bpo13+1
6.18.15-1
6.19~rc4-1~exp1
6.19~rc5-1~exp1
6.19~rc6-1~exp1
6.19~rc7-1~exp1
6.19~rc8-1~exp1
6.19-1~exp1
6.19.2-1~exp1
6.19.3-1~exp1
6.19.4-1~exp1
6.19.5-1~exp1
6.19.6-1
6.19.6-2~bpo13+1
6.19.6-2
6.19.8-1~bpo13+1
6.19.8-1
6.19.10-1~bpo13+1
6.19.10-1
6.19.11-1~bpo13+1
6.19.11-1
6.19.12-1
6.19.13-1~bpo13+1
6.19.13-1
6.19.14-1~bpo13+1
6.19.14-1
7.*
7.0-1~exp1
7.0.1-1~exp1
7.0.3-1
7.0.4-1~bpo13+1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46002.json"