7.8high
CVE-2026-97584
afs: Fix incorrect free in candidate cleanup in afs_lookup_server()
Published 44 d ago · modified 20 d ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v3.1 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.2%
percentile 6%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
afs: Fix incorrect free in candidate cleanup in afs_lookup_server()
Fix afs_lookup_server() to not free an existing server's endpoint state when cleaning up a candidate server. The candidate record doesn't have an endpoint state yet at this point, so the free for that can just be removed.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.16% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
- Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/981d72663dee2fa6efaf202293e68d2b10a0d1d4
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/e5bc0fa9959dc8f7eb1afab7c039594a16a1a65c
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/349e713039a1fd6659c27e7a66238bfa49ce37e9
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/044d596094af4b769fb8e1173dff0d08bd68db6c
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2026-97584
- NVD: CVE-2026-97584
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