CVE-2026-98224

The Linux kernel contains a memory accounting flaw in the mm/vma component. When call_mmap_prepare() fails, the system incorrectly jumps to abort_munmap without properly uncounting memory that was previously accounted for during __mmap_setup() via vm_acct_memory() . This could lead to inaccurate ...

CVE-2026-98224 mm/vma: correctly unaccount on mmap_prepare() failure

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/vma: correctly unaccount on mmapprepare failure mmapsetup accounts memory for relevant mappings via: securityvmenoughmemorymm - vmenoughmemory - vmacctmemory If mmapsetup fails, this indicates that this accounting did not take...