Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-31448

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Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-31448

Published: April 24, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU127703
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-31448
CWE-ID: CWE-664
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper state management in ext4_ext_map_blocks() and ext4_xattr_block_set() when handling mkdir or mknod operations after a failed extent insertion. A local user can trigger filesystem operations that leave residual extent metadata to cause a denial of service.

The issue can result in an infinite loop and prolonged blocking while the inode lock is not released.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
openEuler
Ubuntu
kernel-headers
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel
linux (Debian package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-6.17 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-31448

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kernel-headers - update to 5.10.0-314.0.0.217
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-314.0.0.217
python3-perf - update to 5.10.0-314.0.0.217
perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-314.0.0.217
perf - update to 5.10.0-314.0.0.217
kernel-tools-devel - update to 5.10.0-314.0.0.217
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-314.0.0.217
kernel-tools - update to 5.10.0-314.0.0.217
kernel-source - update to 5.10.0-314.0.0.217
kernel-devel - update to 5.10.0-314.0.0.217
kernel-debugsource - update to 5.10.0-314.0.0.217
kernel-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-314.0.0.217
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-314.0.0.217
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-314.0.0.217
kernel - update to 5.10.0-314.0.0.217
linux (Debian package) - addressed in versions 6.1.170-1, 6.12.85-1
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-134.134, 6.8.0-1057.58~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1058.61+fips1, 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1060.61, 6.8.0-1060.63+fips1, 6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1063.69, 6.8.0-1063.69+fips1, 6.8.1-1055.56, 6.8.1-1055.56~22.04.1, 6.17.0-40.40
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-134.134+fips1, 6.8.0-1062.69+fips1
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1029.30
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1045.48, 6.8.0-1057.58~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1058.61.1, 6.8.0-1058.64, 6.8.0-1060.61~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1063.69~22.04.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1060.64, 6.17.0-1021.21
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1062.69
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1063.71, 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-2049.50
linux-hwe-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-40.40~24.04.1
linux-azure-fde-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1018.18~24.04.1
linux-azure-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1026.26
linux-oem-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1028.28

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