What is CVE-2026-45895?

CVE-2026-45895 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-27.

How severe is CVE-2026-45895?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-45895

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: quota: fix livelock between quotactl and freeze_super When a filesystem is frozen, quotactl_block() enters a retry loop waiting for the filesystem to thaw. It acquires s…

EPSS: 0.002 (5.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 576215cffdefc1f0ceebffd87abb390926e6b037, 6.5, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-45895?: CVE-2026-45895 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-27.
How severe is CVE-2026-45895?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.