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.

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Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title afs: Fix misplaced inc of net->cells_outstanding
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-15T05:56:10.401Z

Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.922Z

Link: CVE-2026-72376

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:11.090

Modified: 2026-08-15T06:22:11.090

Link: CVE-2026-72376

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