{"cve":"CVE-2026-72372","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:22:10.680","modified":"2026-08-17T06:18:41.480","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nafs: Fix lack of locking around modifications of net->cells_dyn_ino\n\nFix the lack of locking around modifications of net->cells_dyn_ino by\ntaking net->cells_lock exclusively.  This also requires to cell to be\nremoved from net->cells_dyn_ino in afs_destroy_cell_work() rather than in\nafs_cell_destroy() as the latter runs in RCU cleanup context and sleeping\nlocks cannot be taken there.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ffb70a8a01988046bb207b7d0af9358a8337378","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d8a2fe8847859f4fa4e9a2fa1221c9c1158e66b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55e841836c6f4646490f7b0347192b7a92d431ba","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e94f92fd56c553a8bf9421c3289e1b85c7c08857"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72372","score":0.00175,"percentile":0.06995,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}