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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-45858" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-05-27T12:15:37.738Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-30T10:41:40.719Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:14.884Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-45858" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-45858.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45858" title: "ext4: don't zero the entire extent if EXT4_EXT_DATA_PARTIAL_VALID1" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: don't zero the entire extent if EXT4_EXT_DATA_PARTIAL_VALID1\n\nWhen allocating initialized blocks from a large unwritten extent, or\nwhen splitting an unwritten extent during end I/O and converting it to\ninitialized, there is currently a potential issue of stale data if the\nextent needs to be split in the middle.\n\n 0 A B N\n [UUUUUUUUUUUU] U: unwritten extent\n [--DDDDDDDD--] D: valid data\n |\u003c- -\u003e| ----\u003e this range needs to be initialized\n\next4_split_extent() first try to split this extent at B with\nEXT4_EXT_DATA_ENTIRE_VALID1 and EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT flag set, but\next4_split_extent_at() failed to split this extent due to temporary lack\nof space. It zeroout B to N and mark the entire extent from 0 to N\nas written.\n\n 0 A B N\n [WWWWWWWWWWWW] W: written extent\n [SSDDDDDDDDZZ] Z: zeroed, S: stale data\n\next4_split_extent() then try to split this extent at A with\nEXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2 flag set. This time, it split successfully and left\na stale written extent from 0 to A.\n\n 0 A B N\n [WW|WWWWWWWWWW]\n [SS|DDDDDDDDZZ]\n\nFix this by pass EXT4_EXT_DATA_PARTIAL_VALID1 to ext4_split_extent_at()\nwhen splitting at B, don't convert the entire extent to written and left\nit as unwritten after zeroing out B to N. The remaining work is just\nlike the standard two-part split. ext4_split_extent() will pass the\nEXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2 flag when it calls ext4_split_extent_at() for the\nsecond time, allowing it to properly handle the split. If the split is\nsuccessful, it will keep extent from 0 to A as unwritten." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"dee1f973ca341c266229faa5a1a5bb268bed3531","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"58ddae5d77b1db3a27b891c75a8fa120239ac092"},{"version":"dee1f973ca341c266229faa5a1a5bb268bed3531","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d17857b4fb9ba5745b59be0ef38fd532991fccbf"},{"version":"dee1f973ca341c266229faa5a1a5bb268bed3531","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d67c8ecf3d8fda9b8ef80e6f665d84b6d6ac9d88"},{"version":"dee1f973ca341c266229faa5a1a5bb268bed3531","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7015fcf473796e1d2d876f241bd9e0c36f3d4eef"},{"version":"dee1f973ca341c266229faa5a1a5bb268bed3531","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1bf6974822d1dba86cf11b5f05498581cf3488a2"},{"version":"814a7833df19e1de7447f870ae890adb12561627","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4319fd00002630a761fa5559a086f11ed7623006","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e28b27be06c5e6a5236c0c0b370ca0768ab086bb","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3.2.33","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.3"},{"version":"3.4.16","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.5"},{"version":"3.6.4","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.7"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.7","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.7"},{"version":"6.6.130","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.75","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.14","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*"},{"version":"7.0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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