{"cve":"CVE-2026-72377","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:22:11.180","modified":"2026-08-17T06:18:42.060","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nafs: Remove setting of AS_RELEASE_ALWAYS for symlinks and mountpoints\n\nRegular AFS files correctly use afs_file_aops which have release_folio\nset as netfs_release_folio, so AS_RELEASE_ALWAYS is valid for them\nwhen fscache is enabled (set via afs_vnode_set_cache()).\nSymlinks and mountpoints in AFS use afs_dir_aops, which does not provide\na release_folio callback. However, afs_apply_status() unconditionally\ncalls mapping_set_release_always() for these.\n\nIn such case when memory management code attempts to release folios,\nfilemap_release_folio() checks folio_needs_release() which\nreturns true due to AS_RELEASE_ALWAYS being set. Since there is no\nrelease_folio callback, it falls through to try_to_free_buffers(),\nwhich at present expects buffer_heads to be not null. For symlinks\nand mountpoints without buffer_heads, this causes pointer dereference.\n\n[dh: Added more bits that were missed]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81e985b4c3a6cbcc443fcdcd3ebda7fcc845d459","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d6b0f6d437e2f8350e08678e5e1d20c11c364f3"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72377","score":0.00198,"percentile":0.09579,"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."]}