CVE-2026-97584

CVE-2026-97584

High · published September 25, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

afs: Fix incorrect free in candidate cleanup in afs_lookup_server()

Fix afs_lookup_server() to not free an existing server's endpoint state

when cleaning up a candidate server. The candidate record doesn't have an

endpoint state yet at this point, so the free for that can just be removed.

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
0.00163 · 5.2th percentile
Published
2026-09-25T15:17Z
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 SEP 03:28Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 25 SEP 10:22Z
    afs: Fix incorrect free in candidate cleanup in afs_lookup_server()
    cvelistv5