{"id":"CVE-2026-97606","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs: autofs: fix memory leak in autofs_fill_super()\n\nIn autofs_fill_super(), we create a new inode using\nautofs_new_ino(), however, if we fail to create root_inode,\n(tha…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs: autofs: fix memory leak in autofs_fill_super()\n\nIn autofs_fill_super(), we create a new inode using\nautofs_new_ino(), however, if we fail to create root_inode,\n(tha…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 66917f85db6002ed09cd24186258892fcfca64b6 < 4262b91e08e74cb5209ea737c554cf983d332382","Linux >= 66917f85db6002ed09cd24186258892fcfca64b6 < 9933ad1c4ff67680cd59c47f6d2e81b533bcd467","Linux >= 66917f85db6002ed09cd24186258892fcfca64b6 < 6259b5d9bdc45fdb3158406b28c27fa074823159","Linux >= 66917f85db6002ed09cd24186258892fcfca64b6 < 5ab54837fce04a1c9923d0bfd3d5de51fdc768b3","Linux 6.7"],"published":"2026-09-25","updated":"2026-09-25","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-25T11:17:14.657","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97606","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4262b91e08e74cb5209ea737c554cf983d332382","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab54837fce04a1c9923d0bfd3d5de51fdc768b3","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6259b5d9bdc45fdb3158406b28c27fa074823159","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9933ad1c4ff67680cd59c47f6d2e81b533bcd467","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-25T11:06:38.901Z","slug":"CVE-2026-97606","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs: autofs: fix memory leak in autofs_fill_super()\n\nIn autofs_fill_super(), we create a new inode using\nautofs_new_ino(), however, if we fail to create root_inode,\n(that is, root_inode failure path), we return -ENOMEM without\nfreeing the new inode(ino) that we created causing a memory leak.\nFix this by adding autofs_free_ino() to free the inode we created\nin root_inode failure path before returning ENOMEM.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}