HighFix available
afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_callbacks()
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_callbacks() Fix afs_break_some_callbacks() to check to see if afs_lookup_volume_rcu() returned NULL (e.g. the specified volume is unknown).
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-72373
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 17:40 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_callbacks()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 15 Aug 2026, 05:56 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_callbacks() Fix afs_break_some_callbacks() to check to see if afs_lookup_volume_rcu() returned NULL (e.g. the specified volume is unknown).
osv:CVE-2026-72373
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5
Complete source record
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