{"id":"CVE-2026-72372","aliases":[],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-72372","summary":"afs: Fix lack of locking around modifications of net->cells_dyn_ino","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nafs: Fix lack of locking around modifications of net->cells_dyn_ino\n\nFix the lack of locking around modifications of net->cells_dyn_ino by\ntaking net->cells_lock exclusively.  This also requires to cell to be\nremoved from net->cells_dyn_ino in afs_destroy_cell_work() rather than in\nafs_cell_destroy() as the latter runs in RCU cleanup context and sleeping\nlocks cannot be taken there.","published":"2026-08-15T05:56:07.916Z","modified":"2026-08-18T03:56:42.488602620Z","cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Linux","name":"Kernel","fixedVersion":"6.12.101"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ffb70a8a01988046bb207b7d0af9358a8337378"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d8a2fe8847859f4fa4e9a2fa1221c9c1158e66b"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55e841836c6f4646490f7b0347192b7a92d431ba"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e94f92fd56c553a8bf9421c3289e1b85c7c08857"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72372.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72372"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-18T03:56:42.488602620Z"}}