Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89496
Published: September 12, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU149314
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-89496
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a memory leak.
The vulnerability exists due to improper resource release in OCFS2 copy-on-write completion when performing copy_file_range() within the same filesystem. A local user can invoke copy_file_range() to cause a memory leak.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-89496
Install security update from vendor's repository.