CVE-2026-97584

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Received - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-25

Last modified

2026-10-19

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/981d72663dee2fa6efaf202293e68d2b10a0d1d4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5bc0fa9959dc8f7eb1afab7c039594a16a1a65c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/349e713039a1fd6659c27e7a66238bfa49ce37e9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/044d596094af4b769fb8e1173dff0d08bd68db6c