CVE-2026-72376

afs: Fix misplaced inc of net->cells_outstanding

N/A

Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:56 AM UTC

Updated: August 17, 2026 at 06:18 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix misplaced inc of net->cells_outstanding Fix net->cells_outstanding being incremented before the check for failure of idr_alloc_cyclic(), leaving the count incremented on error.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

v ≥ 5.8.17v ≥ 5.9.25.10 ≤ v < 6.12.975.10 ≤ v < 6.18.405.10 ≤ v < 7.1.55.10 ≤ v < 7.25.8.17 ≤ v < 5.95.9.2 ≤ v < 5.105.10 5.8.17 5.9.288c853c3f5c0a07c5db61b494ee25152535cfeeee44b8d2aa1543f5c554fda7839574abe8a5ef5baf339eda9b90e49e82043c145ac628d679d913638

Vendor states this is fixed in 5ea289ca751c47125f6a4138c93ba10c05cd28f0 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 654a546c34f3921dd03f9ea74e60139ebffd9e20 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6e310f818abcef947a06584158b9e6c6cd0c98d3 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in c9c3b615a462a4023bd148f02c564e175ed10502 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10 (unaffected)

Affected range stops below 5.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.97 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)