High 7.5Published Aug 15, 2026

CVE-2026-72378afs: Fix error code in afs_extract_vl_addrs()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 6:20 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix error code in afs_extract_vl_addrs() The error codes on these paths are only set on the first iteration through the loop. Set the correct error code on every iteration.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Aug 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 0a5143f2f89cc88d8a3eada8e8ccd86c1e988257 before 7ce6737a975ea3e0dc2e5946628d233779ca0caf; from 0a5143f2f89cc88d8a3eada8e8ccd86c1e988257 before 4e0b047848a855f2c933a6439f76a01743ba5620; from 0a5143f2f89cc88d8a3eada8e8ccd86c1e988257 before f70fbf2b974b63a7042705c2b0464cb8c97e9f34; from 0a5143f2f89cc88d8a3eada8e8ccd86c1e988257 before 9ad9016e3333c3c1f9284a253ff0658369e07aac; from 0a5143f2f89cc88d8a3eada8e8ccd86c1e988257 before cb33dd2968588c78fad78dec19f61cabe5785494; from 0a5143f2f89cc88d8a3eada8e8ccd86c1e988257 before 8530206911fd66ad739ca5ce95f1d069f3d42204; from 0a5143f2f89cc88d8a3eada8e8ccd86c1e988257 before bdcd80ff12939d172043fac5eb822b92366a1bab; from 0a5143f2f89cc88d8a3eada8e8ccd86c1e988257 before 4897cb71d4ab1f7e1a214adb1e4b80176702368d	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ce6737a975ea3e0dc2e5946628d233779ca0caf
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e0b047848a855f2c933a6439f76a01743ba5620
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f70fbf2b974b63a7042705c2b0464cb8c97e9f34
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad9016e3333c3c1f9284a253ff0658369e07aac
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb33dd2968588c78fad78dec19f61cabe5785494
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8530206911fd66ad739ca5ce95f1d069f3d42204
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdcd80ff12939d172043fac5eb822b92366a1bab
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4897cb71d4ab1f7e1a214adb1e4b80176702368d

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