{"cve":"CVE-2026-98224","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-06T09:18:09.427","modified":"2026-10-19T10:18:23.160","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/vma: correctly unaccount on mmap_prepare() failure\n\n__mmap_setup() accounts memory for relevant mappings via:\n\nsecurity_vm_enough_memory_mm()\n  -> __vm_enough_memory()\n    -> vm_acct_memory()\n\nIf __mmap_setup() fails, this indicates that this accounting did not take\nplace, and thus it's appropriate for __mmap_region() to jump to\nabort_munmap.\n\nHowever if call_mmap_prepare() fails, it also jumps there and any accounted\nmemory is not correctly unaccounted.\n\nFix this by handling each error separately.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cc27d82196385fe06853319f74312a7d8019726","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fdc521d438fbf0d22c13d51d55d5dd82d7202b2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb5400bff669c8bad3d4ec09287d9b461e89e5f1"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:57:46.668721662+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98224","score":0.00166,"percentile":0.058,"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."]}