CVE-2026-80885

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description An issue exists in the AFS component where the rxrpc Out-of-Band (OOB) message handler is not properly cancelled. This handler is typically used to respond to security challenges. The fix involves ensuring OOB message processing is cancelled, moving the processing to afs wq to ensure it is properly waited for, and modifying the OOB handler to return immediately if the network namespace is no longer active.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.