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afs: Fix incorrect free in candidate cleanup in afs_lookup_server()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7
CVEs
CVE-2026-97584
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 23:00 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

afs: Fix incorrect free in candidate cleanup in afs_lookup_server()

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Sept 2026, 10:22 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2026-97584

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7

Complete source record
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