{"schema":"threatline.record/2","record":{"id":"CVE-2026-98224","aliases":[],"summary":"mm/vma: correctly unaccount on mmap_prepare() failure","details":"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.","categories":["Operating systems"],"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","ecosystem":null,"affected_ranges":[{"source":"CVE List","source_url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98224","source_modified_at":"2026-10-19T09:15:56.109Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","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"}],"defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"source":"CVE List","source_url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98224","source_modified_at":"2026-10-19T09:15:56.109Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","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","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"defaultStatus":"affected"}],"fixed_versions":[{"source":"CVE List","source_url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98224","source_modified_at":"2026-10-19T09:15:56.109Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","package":{"name":"Linux","ecosystem":null},"version":"8fdc521d438fbf0d22c13d51d55d5dd82d7202b2","basis":"first unaffected version stated in the CVE record"},{"source":"CVE List","source_url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98224","source_modified_at":"2026-10-19T09:15:56.109Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","package":{"name":"Linux","ecosystem":null},"version":"6cc27d82196385fe06853319f74312a7d8019726","basis":"first unaffected version stated in the CVE record"}],"cvss":null,"severity":null,"kev":{"listed":false},"epss":{"probability":0.00173,"percentile":0.06449,"score_date":"2026-10-23"},"published_at":"2026-10-06T08:44:59.349Z","modified_at":"2026-10-19T09:15:56.109Z","provenance":[{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98224","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-19T09:15:56.109Z"},{"source":"EPSS","url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-98224","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-23"}],"sources":["CVE List","EPSS"],"references":[{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb5400bff669c8bad3d4ec09287d9b461e89e5f1"},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fdc521d438fbf0d22c13d51d55d5dd82d7202b2"},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cc27d82196385fe06853319f74312a7d8019726"}],"locations":[],"motoko_assessment":{"status":"requires_architecture_review","automatic_remediation":false},"cve_state":"PUBLISHED","classification":{"method":"product-first software-layer rules","rules_version":"2.1","matched_on":"product","confidence":"heuristic","reviewed":false},"change_timestamp":"2026-10-19T09:15:56.109Z","content_hash":"18673b9386b84cb5a9a0dce9be3694ea691460bcdf1c0ca8360a822c9a303865"}}