{"id":"CVE-2026-98224","title":"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…","summary":"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…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= c84bf6dd2b836b49bb2662668ff1692350d28236 < fb5400bff669c8bad3d4ec09287d9b461e89e5f1","Linux >= c84bf6dd2b836b49bb2662668ff1692350d28236 < 8fdc521d438fbf0d22c13d51d55d5dd82d7202b2","Linux >= c84bf6dd2b836b49bb2662668ff1692350d28236 < 6cc27d82196385fe06853319f74312a7d8019726","Linux 6.16"],"published":"2026-10-06","updated":"2026-10-06","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-06T09:18:09.427","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98224","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cc27d82196385fe06853319f74312a7d8019726","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fdc521d438fbf0d22c13d51d55d5dd82d7202b2","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb5400bff669c8bad3d4ec09287d9b461e89e5f1","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-06T08:50:17.437Z","slug":"CVE-2026-98224","body":"## Overview\n\nIn 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.\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":[]}