Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published May 27, 2026 12:17:30 UTC
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 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.
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CVE Numbering AuthorityLinux
Last updatedNov 6, 2026 15:53:12 UTC
PublishedMay 27, 2026 12:17:30 UTC
ReservedMay 13, 2026 15:03:33 UTC