{"cve":"CVE-2026-98960","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-23T13:17:17.390","modified":"2026-10-23T13:17:17.390","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: don't stash io_uring encoded data across -EAGAIN\n\nReturning -EAGAIN while leaving btrfs_uring_encoded_data in the cmd PDU\nleaks if the request is cancelled or the ring exits before reissue.\nio_uring does not free driver PDU allocations on cleanup.\n\nWrite: io_queue_sqe() always issues with IO_URING_F_NONBLOCK first, so\nreturn -EAGAIN before allocating and free data on every exit.\n\nRead: free on nowait -EAGAIN too; only -EIOCBQUEUED keeps the allocation\nfor btrfs_uring_read_finished().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d9c1e0a7fb2cfb1cc924acafc194d2c15c3e83e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51562a8cb11628d3a5e105b4c347ec5473e5745f"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-23T16:39:28.036610720+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98960","score":0.00156,"percentile":0.04673,"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."]}