CVE-2026-43065
kernel: ext4: always drain queued discard work in ext4_mb_release()
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 5, 2026
Updated · October 29, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the ext4 filesystem within the Linux kernel. When an ext4 filesystem is initially mounted with the 'discard' option and then remounted with 'nodiscard', pending discard operations may not be properly cancelled or flushed. This can lead to unhandled resource operations if the filesystem is unmounted before these operations complete, potentially causing system instability or unexpected behavior under specific, difficult-to-trigger conditions.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime