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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 source

Published 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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