- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.16%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 94% 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 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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 24 days later
· 24 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)
- 0.16% · top 94% of all CVEs (10 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 d6aa05cd995830f6dcee7b139335edb266de38a6 – < 981d72663dee2fa6efaf202293e68d2b10a0d1d4
- affected 4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173 – < e5bc0fa9959dc8f7eb1afab7c039594a16a1a65c
- affected 4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173 – < 349e713039a1fd6659c27e7a66238bfa49ce37e9
- affected 4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173 – < 044d596094af4b769fb8e1173dff0d08bd68db6c
- affected 6.12.101 – < 6.12.111
- affected 6.15
- unaffected < 6.15
- unaffected 6.12.111 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.53 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.2.7 – ≤ 7.2.*
- unaffected 7.3 – ≤ *
References
4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/981d72663dee2fa6efaf202293e68d2b10a0d1d4 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5bc0fa9959dc8f7eb1afab7c039594a16a1a65c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/349e713039a1fd6659c27e7a66238bfa49ce37e9 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/044d596094af4b769fb8e1173dff0d08bd68db6c (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-2026-86892 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-97584)Record last updated .