CVE-2026-80885

afs: Fix uncancelled rxrpc OOB message handler

N/A
Published: September 4, 2026 at 04:49 PM UTC
Updated: September 4, 2026 at 05:36 PM 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 uncancelled rxrpc OOB message handler Fix AFS to cancel its OOB message processing (typically to respond to security challenges). Also move OOB message processing to afs_wq so that it's also waited for and make the OOB handler just return if the net namespace is no longer live.

Affected

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

6.16 ≤ v < 6.18.406.16 ≤ v < 7.1.56.16 ≤ v < 7.25800b1cf3fd8ccab752a101865be1e76dac331426.16
Vendor states this is fixed in 231414253b648b3518b56f09710b831945d6a2fc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a4057e58b07005d0fe0491bdbf1868c1491909ee (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d14e96ddd616c8a9fff3b5bab3bf4af0cfc30ec4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16 (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)

Remediation

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