CVE-2026-72372afs: Fix lack of locking around modifications of net->cells_dyn_ino
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.18%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 93% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Received | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.18% · top 93% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 537b0105952578531f748c7fb3ce36ae9a514784 – < 4d8a2fe8847859f4fa4e9a2fa1221c9c1158e66b
- affected 1d0b929fc070b4115403a0a6206a0c6a62dd61f5 – < 2ffb70a8a01988046bb207b7d0af9358a8337378
- affected 1d0b929fc070b4115403a0a6206a0c6a62dd61f5 – < e94f92fd56c553a8bf9421c3289e1b85c7c08857
- affected 1d0b929fc070b4115403a0a6206a0c6a62dd61f5 – < 55e841836c6f4646490f7b0347192b7a92d431ba
- affected 6.12.97 – < 6.12.101
- affected 6.15
- unaffected < 6.15
- unaffected 6.12.101 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.40 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.1.5 – ≤ 7.1.*
- unaffected 7.2 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d8a2fe8847859f4fa4e9a2fa1221c9c1158e66b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ffb70a8a01988046bb207b7d0af9358a8337378 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e94f92fd56c553a8bf9421c3289e1b85c7c08857 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55e841836c6f4646490f7b0347192b7a92d431ba (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-59271 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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