CVE-2026-45948

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. This vulnerability occurs in the ext4_ext_shift_extents() function, where a memory leak can happen if the function returns prematurely without releasing a previously obtained path. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service due to resource exhaustion.

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