{
  "affected": [
    {
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        {
          "events": [
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              "introduced": "66917f85db6002ed09cd24186258892fcfca64b6"
            },
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              "fixed": "4262b91e08e74cb5209ea737c554cf983d332382"
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              "fixed": "9933ad1c4ff67680cd59c47f6d2e81b533bcd467"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6259b5d9bdc45fdb3158406b28c27fa074823159"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5ab54837fce04a1c9923d0bfd3d5de51fdc768b3"
            }
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          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
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    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.7.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.12.111"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
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            {
              "introduced": "6.13.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.18.53"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.19.0"
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            {
              "fixed": "7.2.7"
            }
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97606.json"
  },
  "details": "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(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.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-97606",
  "modified": "2026-09-27T03:30:24.172164984Z",
  "published": "2026-09-25T10:22:17.835Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4262b91e08e74cb5209ea737c554cf983d332382"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab54837fce04a1c9923d0bfd3d5de51fdc768b3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6259b5d9bdc45fdb3158406b28c27fa074823159"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9933ad1c4ff67680cd59c47f6d2e81b533bcd467"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97606.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97606"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "fs: autofs: fix memory leak in autofs_fill_super()"
}