PT-2026-72561

CVE-2026-72373

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Published

2026-08-15

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Updated

2026-10-13

Description by

CVSS 4.0
8.7
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A missing NULL pointer check exists in the afs break some callbacks() function. The issue occurs when the afs lookup volume rcu() function returns NULL, which can happen if the specified volume is unknown.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
CVE-2026-72373
USN-8886-1
USN-8887-1
USN-8887-2
USN-8887-3
USN-8888-1
USN-8888-2
USN-8889-1
USN-8917-1
USN-8918-1
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