Bug 2516636 (CVE-2026-72372) - CVE-2026-72372 kernel: afs: Fix lack of locking around modifications of net->cells_dyn_ino
Summary: CVE-2026-72372 kernel: afs: Fix lack of locking around modifications of net->...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72372
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:23 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-19 06:36 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:23:10 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

afs: Fix lack of locking around modifications of net->cells_dyn_ino

Fix the lack of locking around modifications of net->cells_dyn_ino by
taking net->cells_lock exclusively.  This also requires to cell to be
removed from net->cells_dyn_ino in afs_destroy_cell_work() rather than in
afs_cell_destroy() as the latter runs in RCU cleanup context and sleeping
locks cannot be taken there.


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