CVE-2026-72372
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.
- Affected products
- Kernel, Linux, Linux-6.12, Linux-Allwinner-5.19, Linux-Aws, Linux-Aws-5.0, Linux-Aws-5.11, Linux-Aws-5.13
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGH
- EPSS
- 0.2% (7th percentile)
- NVD status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-08-15
CVE-2026-72372 at NVD
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