{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "34310c442e175f286b4c06ab5caa4e0b267ea31c"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7a3addbdc5ad1fd80541a6a4ff4e06cd1331530a"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "578ef517142420cf9d36b364ad4b3490b85469fb"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "a8ea92830b3e0e163d4e829bdcb17ca83c0f951c"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.13.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.18.57"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.19.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.2.11"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98962.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: free iov when btrfs_uring_read_extent() fails\n\nAfter btrfs_uring_read_extent(), the caller always jumped to out_acct.\nThat skips kfree(data-\u003eiov), which is only correct for -EIOCBQUEUED\nwhere the deferred path owns the iov. On failure, fall through to\nout_free instead.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-98962",
  "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:34.904895746Z",
  "published": "2026-10-23T12:19:30.482Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/578ef517142420cf9d36b364ad4b3490b85469fb"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a3addbdc5ad1fd80541a6a4ff4e06cd1331530a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8ea92830b3e0e163d4e829bdcb17ca83c0f951c"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98962.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98962"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.2",
  "summary": "btrfs: free iov when btrfs_uring_read_extent() fails"
}