CVE-2026-97584

high

Description

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5bc0fa9959dc8f7eb1afab7c039594a16a1a65c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/981d72663dee2fa6efaf202293e68d2b10a0d1d4

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/349e713039a1fd6659c27e7a66238bfa49ce37e9

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/044d596094af4b769fb8e1173dff0d08bd68db6c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-25

Updated: 2026-09-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00163