CVE-2026-89618

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 ]

CVSS

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References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/069729282fbecfaa8a54062266c338ed23f08005
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1704aaaf5d22bc765c168402350d191e24e245bc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5333e18e6b425fcc39c7fea89e3949a2a98bc5e4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76e0f85f650738d768449dbccbc7c55d05f5b609
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c480f8af173d5b19c6d9c4311df6bbe352face9e

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Information

Published : 2026-09-11 20:19

Updated : 2026-09-14 13:19

NVD link : CVE-2026-89618

Mitre link : CVE-2026-89618

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-89618

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CWE

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