TI-2026-50655 Aliases CVE-2026-72376 GHSA-3q83-ffw9-5j7c

afs: Fix misplaced inc of net->cells_outstanding

LOW 22Published 2026-08-15 · Updated 2026-08-17

Key facts

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User interaction: —
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Confidentiality · integrity · availability: —
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix misplaced inc of net->cells_outstanding Fix net->cells_outstanding being incremented before the check for failure of idr_alloc_cyclic(), leaving the count incremented on error.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00209 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.9, 5.10, 6.12.97 +3Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Linux	Linux	5.8.17 to before 5.9; 5.9.2 to before 5.10	5.9, 5.10	Patch available	CNA
Linux	Linux	5.10 and later	6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2	Patch available	CNA

Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.8.17 to before 5.9; 5.9.2 to before 5.10 Fixed in 5.9, 5.10 Patch available CNA
Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.10 and later Fixed in 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	—	—	Linux

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.9, 5.10
Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred

Not affected: 3 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72376
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3q83-ffw9-5j7c

References

Other 4

TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-02452 Incorrect authorization in Ubuntu linux kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4

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Sources

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