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FKIE_CVE-2026-72376

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:22 - Updated: 2026-08-17 06:18
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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.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ea289ca751c47125f6a4138c93ba10c05cd28f0
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/654a546c34f3921dd03f9ea74e60139ebffd9e20
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e310f818abcef947a06584158b9e6c6cd0c98d3
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9c3b615a462a4023bd148f02c564e175ed10502
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  "id": "CVE-2026-72376",
  "lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:18:41.970",
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  "published": "2026-08-15T06:22:11.090",
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  "vulnStatus": "Received"
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