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afs: Fix misplaced inc of net->cells_outstanding
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-72376
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 28 Oct 2026, 08:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
afs: Fix misplaced inc of net->cells_outstanding
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 15 Aug 2026, 05:56 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2026-72376
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5
Complete source record
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