CVE-2026-72373

CVE-2026-72373

High · published August 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
49.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_callbacks()

Fix afs_break_some_callbacks() to check to see if afs_lookup_volume_rcu()

returned NULL (e.g. the specified volume is unknown).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00630 · 49.5th percentile
Published
2026-08-15T10:22Z
References (4)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5492799ec5d27be3bd454dcaf046bc7054f637ae · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/794a01110390c1b76f59ece773fb0fbfd89c6f5c · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a99a617701186dc68c7b330d35fc2253f48e2ab2 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3e59ff22a0de01ed0cf3a3e25558811abc3b70a · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 05:56Z
    afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_callbacks()
    cvelistv5