static struct inode *shmem_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, const struct inode *dir,
				     umode_t mode, dev_t dev, unsigned long flags)
{
	struct inode *inode;
	struct shmem_inode_info *info;
	struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo = SHMEM_SB(sb);

	if (shmem_reserve_inode(sb))
		return NULL;

	inode = new_inode(sb);
	if (inode) {
		inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
		inode_init_owner(inode, dir, mode);
		inode->i_blocks = 0;
		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &shmem_backing_dev_info;
		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
		inode->i_generation = get_seconds();
		info = SHMEM_I(inode);
		memset(info, 0, (char *)inode - (char *)info);
		spin_lock_init(&info->lock);
		info->flags = flags & VM_NORESERVE;
		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&info->swaplist);
		simple_xattrs_init(&info->xattrs);
		cache_no_acl(inode);

		switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
		default:
			inode->i_op = &shmem_special_inode_operations;
			init_special_inode(inode, mode, dev);
			break;
		case S_IFREG:
			inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &shmem_aops;
			inode->i_op = &shmem_inode_operations;
			inode->i_fop = &shmem_file_operations;
			mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy,
						 shmem_get_sbmpol(sbinfo));
			break;
		case S_IFDIR:
			inc_nlink(inode);
			/* Some things misbehave if size == 0 on a directory */
			inode->i_size = 2 * BOGO_DIRENT_SIZE;
			inode->i_op = &shmem_dir_inode_operations;
			inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
			break;
		case S_IFLNK:
			/*
			 * Must not load anything in the rbtree,
			 * mpol_free_shared_policy will not be called.
			 */
			mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy, NULL);
			break;
		}
	} else
		shmem_free_inode(sb);
	return inode;
}

This vulnerability category highlights issues in resource management where failures to properly release memory, file handles, or other resources can degrade system performance or enable denial-of-service conditions.