Medium (5.5) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The Linux kernel before 5.4.2 mishandles ext4_expand_extra_isize, as demonstrated by use-after-free errors in __ext4_expand_extra_isize and ext4_xattr_set_entry, related to fs/ext4/inode.c and fs/ext4/super.c, aka CID-4ea99936a163.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
5.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 81% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)