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CVE-2026-80877: afs: Fix vllist leak

• Severity: unknown
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-04 · updated 2026-09-04

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix vllist leak Fix a leak of the new vllist in afs_update_cell() in the event that it is an empty list (nr_servers == 0), in which case the old list isn't displaced unless the old list is also empty.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 5.2 — fixed in 7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13403945c2385653e282dacda304dce2a25fdb53
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b169eedbb96f37f3f33d7b496d8283194988980
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8afb1a787a2802caf1895dd96745cfd6790a6f95
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91d8f8e5fd34d3aed26f0fe6cf52b3f71de66cc6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bef5514f6b6cb4bed9061f4b628d6be1cf26a39e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf55969d9188380eb539bd216850bac27bc2e272
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbfe75c81bff2359a03e85cf84293484cf60fcb9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc10c0ecf06f2981af5d04357612b00051e03e9e

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