{"id":"CVE-2026-97606","published":"2026-09-25T11:17:14.657","lastModified":"2026-09-25T11:17:14.657","description":"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.","cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"cvssVector":null,"cwes":[],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4262b91e08e74cb5209ea737c554cf983d332382","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab54837fce04a1c9923d0bfd3d5de51fdc768b3","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6259b5d9bdc45fdb3158406b28c27fa074823159","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9933ad1c4ff67680cd59c47f6d2e81b533bcd467","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":null}