CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-89618

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, init_ei() in eventfs does not initialize the eventfs_inode list_heads. If eventfs_create_dir() fails due to memory pressure, free_ei() checks the uninitialized children list, producing a false warning.

Risk Assessment

The bug causes false kernel warnings under memory pressure, which can hinder diagnostics and mask real issues, but does not pose a direct security threat.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that moves list initialization into init_ei().

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventfs: Initialize ei->children and ei->list in init_ei() eventfs_create_dir() allocates the eventfs_inode and initializes it with init_ei(). But this does not initialize the eventfs_inode list_heads. If the eventfs_create_dir() fails due to memory pressure, it will call free_ei() before it initialized the lists, and that checks to make sure the eventfs_inode has no children. But because the list wasn't initialized, it will give a false warning. Fix it by moving the list initialization into init_ei(). [ Rewrote change log ]

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