{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98962 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version.","what":"CVE-2026-98962 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 23 Oct 2026."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-98962 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-98962 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 23 Oct 2026. \nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98962 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98962/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98962/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-98962","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98962/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-98962","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-98962","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98962","GHSA-g5c9-4h34-4hwf","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98962"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"btrfs: free iov when btrfs_uring_read_extent() fails","id":"CVE-2026-98962","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"btrfs: always return -EIOCBQUEUED after btrfs_uring_read_extent_endio","id":"CVE-2026-98963"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"btrfs: unlock inode and extent in caller when io_uring read extent fails","id":"CVE-2026-98961"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-10-23","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-23","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98962/"}