{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-98224","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:25:14.327Z","datePublished":"2026-10-06T08:44:59.349Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-06T08:44:59.349Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-10-06T08:44:59.349Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/vma: correctly unaccount on mmap_prepare() failure\n\n__mmap_setup() accounts memory for relevant mappings via:\n\nsecurity_vm_enough_memory_mm()\n  -> __vm_enough_memory()\n    -> vm_acct_memory()\n\nIf __mmap_setup() fails, this indicates that this accounting did not take\nplace, and thus it's appropriate for __mmap_region() to jump to\nabort_munmap.\n\nHowever if call_mmap_prepare() fails, it also jumps there and any accounted\nmemory is not correctly unaccounted.\n\nFix this by handling each error separately."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["mm/vma.c"],"versions":[{"version":"c84bf6dd2b836b49bb2662668ff1692350d28236","lessThan":"fb5400bff669c8bad3d4ec09287d9b461e89e5f1","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c84bf6dd2b836b49bb2662668ff1692350d28236","lessThan":"8fdc521d438fbf0d22c13d51d55d5dd82d7202b2","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c84bf6dd2b836b49bb2662668ff1692350d28236","lessThan":"6cc27d82196385fe06853319f74312a7d8019726","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["mm/vma.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.16","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.54","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.8","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3-rc4","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.54"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.8"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc4"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb5400bff669c8bad3d4ec09287d9b461e89e5f1"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fdc521d438fbf0d22c13d51d55d5dd82d7202b2"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cc27d82196385fe06853319f74312a7d8019726"}],"title":"mm/vma: correctly unaccount on mmap_prepare() failure","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}