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CVE-2026-72372

Linux kernel

Description

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.

CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.17500000000000002%Risk 0.79
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Published
2026-08-15 06:22:10
Affected versions
unknown
Type
Kernel
Last modified
2026-08-17 06:18:41
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H