afs: Fix incorrect free in candidate cleanup in afs_lookup_server()
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.
CVE-2026-97584
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-97584
Linux
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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- Prerequisites
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Linux
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
- Affected versions
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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{
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"product": "Linux",
"versions": [
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"status": "affected",
"version": "d6aa05cd995830f6dcee7b139335edb266de38a6",
"lessThan": "981d72663dee2fa6efaf202293e68d2b10a0d1d4",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173",
"lessThan": "e5bc0fa9959dc8f7eb1afab7c039594a16a1a65c",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173",
"lessThan": "349e713039a1fd6659c27e7a66238bfa49ce37e9",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"status": "affected",
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"lessThan": "044d596094af4b769fb8e1173dff0d08bd68db6c",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "6.12.101",
"lessThan": "6.12.111",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"programFiles": [
"fs/afs/server.c"
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
},
{
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"product": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "6.15"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "6.15",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.12.111",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.53",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2.7",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.3",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
"lessThanOrEqual": "*"
}
],
"programFiles": [
"fs/afs/server.c"
],
"defaultStatus": "affected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-97584
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Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #38028 · Revision 1
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