CVE-2026-98960
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Received - Intake
Btrfs Kernel Memory Leak in io_uring Handling
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-98960, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-10-23
Last updated on: 2026-10-23
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: don't stash io_uring encoded data across -EAGAIN
Returning -EAGAIN while leaving btrfs_uring_encoded_data in the cmd PDU
leaks if the request is cancelled or the ring exits before reissue.
io_uring does not free driver PDU allocations on cleanup.
Write: io_queue_sqe() always issues with IO_URING_F_NONBLOCK first, so
return -EAGAIN before allocating and free data on every exit.
Read: free on nowait -EAGAIN too; only -EIOCBQUEUED keeps the allocation
for btrfs_uring_read_finished().
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Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
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| CWE-UNKNOWN |
