CVE-2026-72373

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72373
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72373.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-72373
Downstream
Published
2026-08-15T05:56:08.564Z
Modified
2026-08-16T03:48:40.401841810Z
Summary
afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_callbacks()
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afsbreaksome_callbacks()

Fix afsbreaksomecallbacks() to check to see if afslookupvolumercu() returned NULL (e.g. the specified volume is unknown).

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72373.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
8230fd8217b7ea76f838ae88e4a5a8e54f37099f
Fixed
a99a617701186dc68c7b330d35fc2253f48e2ab2
Fixed
5492799ec5d27be3bd454dcaf046bc7054f637ae
Fixed
e3e59ff22a0de01ed0cf3a3e25558811abc3b70a
Fixed
794a01110390c1b76f59ece773fb0fbfd89c6f5c

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72373.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.8.0
Fixed
6.12.97
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.40
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72373.json"