Bug 2516384 (CVE-2026-72376) - CVE-2026-72376 kernel: afs: Fix misplaced inc of net->cells_outstanding
Summary: CVE-2026-72376 kernel: afs: Fix misplaced inc of net->cells_outstanding
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72376
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:09 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-18 08:37 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:09:40 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

afs: Fix misplaced inc of net->cells_outstanding

Fix net->cells_outstanding being incremented before the check for failure
of idr_alloc_cyclic(), leaving the count incremented on error.
Comment 1 gkamathe 2026-08-18 08:32:11 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081517-CVE-2026-72376-3d12@gregkh/T
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