{"cve":"CVE-2026-99067","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-23T13:17:30.583","modified":"2026-10-23T13:17:30.583","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: scrub: fix local_root reference leak in scrub_print_warning_inode()\n\nWhen paths_from_inode() fails, scrub_print_warning_inode() jumps to err\nwithout dropping the reference taken by btrfs_get_fs_root(), leaking a\nreference to the root every time path resolution fails while printing\nscrub warnings.  Every other error and success path of the function\ndrops the reference.\n\nDrop the reference on the paths_from_inode() failure path too.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12ba7d8b9cd45a2c6aa8f37c3f4b8a50422fb549","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fd742c7479961da6d0bb794ef8ac6b7b9442847","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41cabfbf3532e2a2a17be9e4876042a5393b5c8d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/452a435b74f7f598a343c51f7c89c5d2244384b6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7e5992bc37088f9b00e531955022aef69de3dc7"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-23T16:39:28.036610720+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-99067","score":0.00168,"percentile":0.06151,"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."]}