What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-97584: afs: Fix incorrect free in candidate cleanup in afs_lookup_server()

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• 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: 2026-09-25 · updated 2026-10-19

Description

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.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.12.101 before 6.12.111; 6.15 — fixed in 6.12.111, 7.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.12.111, 7.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/044d596094af4b769fb8e1173dff0d08bd68db6c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/349e713039a1fd6659c27e7a66238bfa49ce37e9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/981d72663dee2fa6efaf202293e68d2b10a0d1d4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5bc0fa9959dc8f7eb1afab7c039594a16a1a65c

Get alerted when CVE-2026-97584 or the next vulnerability affects your stack