CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-72376

Low risk· EPSS 11%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's AFS filesystem, the net->cells_outstanding counter is incremented before checking for failure of idr_alloc_cyclic(). On error, the counter remains incremented, leading to an incorrect state.

Risk Assessment

An incorrect counter could lead to issues with AFS cell management, potentially causing resource leaks or malfunction.

Recommendation

Apply the kernel patch that moves the increment after the error check. Update your system to a kernel version with this fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS