CVE-2026-97584

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedSep 25, 2026
First seenSep 25, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • Linux Linux981d72663dee2fa6efaf202293e68d2b10a0d1d4, e5bc0fa9959dc8f7eb1afab7c039594a16a1a65c, 349e713039a1fd6659c27e7a66238bfa49ce37e9, 044d596094af4b769fb8e1173dff0d08bd68db6c, 6.12.111 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linuxd6aa05cd995830f6dcee7b139335edb266de38a6 ≤ v < 981d72663dee2fa6efaf202293e68d2b10a0d1d4, 4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173 ≤ v < e5bc0fa9959dc8f7eb1afab7c039594a16a1a65c, 4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173 ≤ v < 349e713039a1fd6659c27e7a66238bfa49ce37e9, 4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173 ≤ v < 044d596094af4b769fb8e1173dff0d08bd68db6c, 6.12.101 ≤ v < 6.12.111, 6.15981d72663dee2fa6efaf202293e68d2b10a0d1d4, e5bc0fa9959dc8f7eb1afab7c039594a16a1a65c, 349e713039a1fd6659c27e7a66238bfa49ce37e9, 044d596094af4b769fb8e1173dff0d08bd68db6c, 6.12.111

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