CVE-2026-72372

CVE-2026-72372

High · published August 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

afs: Fix lack of locking around modifications of net->cells_dyn_ino

Fix the lack of locking around modifications of net->cells_dyn_ino by

taking net->cells_lock exclusively. This also requires to cell to be

removed from net->cells_dyn_ino in afs_destroy_cell_work() rather than in

afs_cell_destroy() as the latter runs in RCU cleanup context and sleeping

locks cannot be taken there.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00175 · 6.6th percentile
Published
2026-08-15T10:22Z
References (4)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ffb70a8a01988046bb207b7d0af9358a8337378 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d8a2fe8847859f4fa4e9a2fa1221c9c1158e66b · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55e841836c6f4646490f7b0347192b7a92d431ba · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e94f92fd56c553a8bf9421c3289e1b85c7c08857 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 05:56Z
    afs: Fix lack of locking around modifications of net->cells_dyn_ino
    cvelistv5