{"cve":"CVE-2026-99080","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-23T13:17:32.160","modified":"2026-10-26T07:17:18.513","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs: Free any excess xarray nodes in clear_inode()\n\nFor many years we've had a hard to hit leak of xarray nodes.  Hugh\ndocumented it well in commit 786b31121a2c.  Recently people and\nsyzbot have found ways to force it to happen with madvise.  Rather\nthan fix the leaks where they happen, just call xa_destroy() which\nhas the side-effect of cycling the i_pages lock.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21f51434c47d8628b62275ae6c6ad6b573abcd02","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43f830e2bb84b22ca824b20bb861d823ecb520bd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50cff3f112d64db6e5f57355f79bc837db8fe132","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee3f011250104129893d8e9599147e457d4d7280","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1c966eb6ed5e190c90a56c5bdaa69967de39f21"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-26T07:33:01.631659812+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-99080","score":0.00157,"percentile":0.04789,"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."]}