{"cve":"CVE-2026-89618","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-11T20:19:47.040","modified":"2026-10-19T09:17:58.553","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\neventfs: Initialize ei->children and ei->list in init_ei()\n\neventfs_create_dir() allocates the eventfs_inode and initializes it with\ninit_ei(). But this does not initialize the eventfs_inode list_heads. If\nthe eventfs_create_dir() fails due to memory pressure, it will call\nfree_ei() before it initialized the lists, and that checks to make sure\nthe eventfs_inode has no children. But because the list wasn't\ninitialized, it will give a false warning.\n\nFix it by moving the list initialization into init_ei().\n\n[ Rewrote change log ]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/069729282fbecfaa8a54062266c338ed23f08005","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1704aaaf5d22bc765c168402350d191e24e245bc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5333e18e6b425fcc39c7fea89e3949a2a98bc5e4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76e0f85f650738d768449dbccbc7c55d05f5b609","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c480f8af173d5b19c6d9c4311df6bbe352face9e"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:53:43.293028046+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-89618","score":0.00175,"percentile":0.06993,"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."]}