CVE-2026-89576EPSS p11.0%
CVE-2026-89576CVE-2026-89576
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm-era: fix shadowed superblock leak on take-snap failure
metadata_take_snap() bumps the live superblock refcount and then
dm_tm_shadow_block() allocates a new block for the metadata snapshot.
If the subsequent dm_sm_inc_block() of writeset_tree_root or
era_array_root fails, the function only unlocks the clone and
returns. The newly allocated shadow block is never returned to the
metadata space map, so each failed take-snap permanently leaks one
metadata block.
Free the clone with dm_sm_dec_block() on those error paths, matching
the final step of metadata_drop_snap().
Scoring
| EPSS | 0.22% probability of exploitation · percentile 11.0% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z |
| Last modified | 2026-09-14 |