CVE-2026-72373 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00209.

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Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5492799ec5d27be3bd454dcaf046bc7054f637ae
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/794a01110390c1b76f59ece773fb0fbfd89c6f5c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a99a617701186dc68c7b330d35fc2253f48e2ab2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3e59ff22a0de01ed0cf3a3e25558811abc3b70a

History

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-476

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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).
Title		afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_callbacks()
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5492799ec5d27be3bd454dcaf046bc7054f637ae https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/794a01110390c1b76f59ece773fb0fbfd89c6f5c https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a99a617701186dc68c7b330d35fc2253f48e2ab2 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3e59ff22a0de01ed0cf3a3e25558811abc3b70a

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-08-15T05:56:08.564Z

Updated: 2026-08-15T05:56:08.564Z

Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.922Z

Link: CVE-2026-72373

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:10.777

Modified: 2026-08-15T06:22:10.777

Link: CVE-2026-72373

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-15T10:45:06Z

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