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FKIE_CVE-2026-89618

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-11 20:19 - Updated: 2026-09-14 13:19
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Summary
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 ]
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/069729282fbecfaa8a54062266c338ed23f08005
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1704aaaf5d22bc765c168402350d191e24e245bc
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5333e18e6b425fcc39c7fea89e3949a2a98bc5e4
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76e0f85f650738d768449dbccbc7c55d05f5b609
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c480f8af173d5b19c6d9c4311df6bbe352face9e
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          ],
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    }
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  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\neventfs: Initialize ei-\u003echildren and ei-\u003elist in init_ei()\n\neventfs_create_dir() allocates the eventfs_inode and initializes it with\ninit_ei(). But this does not initialize the eventfs_inode list_heads. If\nthe eventfs_create_dir() fails due to memory pressure, it will call\nfree_ei() before it initialized the lists, and that checks to make sure\nthe eventfs_inode has no children. But because the list wasn\u0027t\ninitialized, it will give a false warning.\n\nFix it by moving the list initialization into init_ei().\n\n[ Rewrote change log ]"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-89618",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-14T13:19:15.857",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-09-11T20:19:47.040",
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    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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