Bug 2516245 (CVE-2026-72373) - CVE-2026-72373 kernel: afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_callbacks()
Summary: CVE-2026-72373 kernel: afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72373
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-17 12:03 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:02:26 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_callbacks()

Fix afs_break_some_callbacks() to check to see if afs_lookup_volume_rcu()
returned NULL (e.g. the specified volume is unknown).
Comment 1 gkamathe 2026-08-17 11:57:38 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081516-CVE-2026-72373-c10b@gregkh/T
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