{"cve":"CVE-2026-98962","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-23T13:17:17.607","modified":"2026-10-23T13:17:17.607","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: free iov when btrfs_uring_read_extent() fails\n\nAfter btrfs_uring_read_extent(), the caller always jumped to out_acct.\nThat skips kfree(data->iov), which is only correct for -EIOCBQUEUED\nwhere the deferred path owns the iov. On failure, fall through to\nout_free instead.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/578ef517142420cf9d36b364ad4b3490b85469fb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a3addbdc5ad1fd80541a6a4ff4e06cd1331530a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8ea92830b3e0e163d4e829bdcb17ca83c0f951c"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-23T16:39:28.036610720+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98962","score":0.00174,"percentile":0.06806,"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."]}