{"cve":"CVE-2026-45861","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-27T14:16:58.323","modified":"2026-10-21T13:18:57.833","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngfs2: Fix slab-use-after-free in qd_put\n\nCommit a475c5dd16e5 (\"gfs2: Free quota data objects synchronously\")\nstarted freeing quota data objects during filesystem shutdown instead of\nputting them back onto the LRU list, but it failed to remove these\nobjects from the LRU list, causing LRU list corruption.  This caused\nuse-after-free when the shrinker (gfs2_qd_shrink_scan) tried to access\nalready-freed objects on the LRU list.\n\nFix this by removing qd objects from the LRU list before freeing them in\nqd_put().\n\nInitial fix from Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d47922b98046b8070a77347fb883a6523792803","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22150a7d401d9e9169b9b68e05bed95f7f49bf69","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53aaf083de197946b25bc4ffa3068d37366ce73d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80fff26d7a0c3926b511661c27eecc811a420eef","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca7c67bdd293089b3483f18886d6b2d0037d2ad9"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-45861","score":0.00186,"percentile":0.08146,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}