CVE-2026-98553
Status: ReceivedUnscored—
Severity—Unscored
Exploitation probability0.21 %higher than 11% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
autofs: fix sbi->pipe file reference leak in autofs_kill_sb()
When autofs_fill_super() fails before clearing AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC (for example, when find_get_pid() fails on an invalid pgrp mount option, or when an fs_context is closed before mounting), deactivate_locked_super() invokes autofs_kill_sb() -> autofs_catatonic_mode(sbi).
Because AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC is still set in sbi->flags, autofs_catatonic_mode() returns early without calling fput(sbi->pipe), permanently leaking the pipe struct file reference.
Explicitly release sbi->pipe in autofs_kill_sb() if it is still non-NULL after autofs_catatonic_mode().
CVSS
NVD hasn't assigned a CVSS score to this CVE (common since the April 2026 policy change).
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 0.21 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 11
- Score date
- 10/20/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.
References
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- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0662b1ff9b383d5a233d344e4dc518c27a17f7b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34fa4c1c6e10507dc60e35a82cc9655666946cfd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3684e2273ba94553af3c5195a46a50214a1a96e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bcb371019097d0e357f097902587401c509bbc9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a58593b501b7be5ad2bc5181bfa8cd4599be257c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa5e44b29ffe4eaa08cc2237fd65bc2596bc023e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1c57f5b16bbc3571bd479c290996c4d4e1fb931
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc4fd0281ac80b5a3c5a2330f688f0f9d2a420b6
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nautofs: fix sbi->pipe file reference leak in autofs_kill_sb()\n\nWhen autofs_fill_super() fails before clearing AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC (for\nexample, when find_get_pid() fails on an invalid pgrp mount option, or\nwhen an fs_context is closed before mounting), deactivate_locked_super()\ninvokes autofs_kill_sb() -> autofs_catatonic_mode(sbi).\n\nBecause AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC is still set in sbi->flags,\nautofs_catatonic_mode() returns early without calling fput(sbi->pipe),\npermanently leaking the pipe struct file reference.\n\nExplicitly release sbi->pipe in autofs_kill_sb() if it is still non-NULL\nafter autofs_catatonic_mode()."
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