Ext4
The latest Ext4 coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
CVE-2026-45912: Ext4 Stale Extent Caching Flaw Hits Linux Kernel — What Windows Users Need to Know
The National Vulnerability Database (NVD) published details of CVE-2026-45912 on May 27, 2026, a newly disclosed vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s ext4 filesystem. The flaw stems from stale...
CVE-2026-45899 ext4 Bug Risks Data Loss on WSL—Patch Now
Linux kernel maintainers have rushed a fix for CVE-2026-45899, a critical ext4 filesystem bug disclosed on May 27, 2026. The vulnerability, rooted in the extent status tree management, allows a...
CVE-2024-0775: Critical Linux ext4 Vulnerability Explained & Windows Security Implications
A recently disclosed vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem has security researchers and system administrators on high alert, but the implications extend beyond Linux systems to...
Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Attackers Crash Ext4 Systems in Journal Mode – Patch Now
A vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s ext4 file system can trigger immediate system crashes when attackers or errant processes manipulate symlink files under the data=journal mount option. The...
Azure Linux Ext4 Vulnerability CVE-2025-38222: Microsoft's Response & Linux Ecosystem Impact
Microsoft's recent security advisory regarding CVE-2025-38222 in Azure Linux has sparked significant discussion about vulnerability management practices across the Linux ecosystem. The vulnerability,...
CVE-2025-68261: The Ext4 Race That Can Crash Linux Hosts—Here’s How to Fix It
A newly disclosed vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s ext4 filesystem can allow an attacker or buggy process to crash the entire host—and the fix is a simple one-line locking change. Cataloged as...
CVE-2025-68264: Linux ext4 Inline Data Race Vulnerability Explained
A critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem has been assigned CVE-2025-68264, exposing systems to potential kernel crashes through a race condition in inline data handling. This...
Linux Kernel Patch Fixes Critical ext4 Vulnerability CVE-2025-40190
A subtle but significant defensive fix has been integrated into the Linux kernel this November, addressing CVE-2025-40190—a robustness bug in the ext4 filesystem that could allow an...
Linux ext4 Patch Fixes Critical Buffer Over-Read Vulnerability (CVE-2025-40198)
The Linux kernel development community has released a critical security patch addressing a buffer over-read vulnerability in the ext4 filesystem's mount options parsing code, tracked as...
How a Crafted ext4 Disk Image Could Crash Your Linux Server — and the Kernel Patch That Stops It
The Linux kernel has received a critical fix for CVE-2025-40179, a vulnerability in the ext4 filesystem that lets a specially crafted disk image pin enormous amounts of memory during orphan replay,...
Linux kernel patches CVE-2025-40167 ext4 flag conflict bypass risk
A critical kernel hardening fix has been merged into the Linux kernel upstream after automated fuzzing tools discovered a dangerous ext4 filesystem vulnerability that could allow attackers to bypass...
Linux Kernel CVE-2024-49968: Ext4 Mount Failures with SipHash & Missing Casefold
A recently disclosed vulnerability in the Linux kernel, CVE-2024-49968, has exposed a significant availability issue affecting the widely used ext4 filesystem. The flaw resides in the filesystem's...