{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72372 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-72372 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-72372 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-72372 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72372 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72372/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72372/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-72372","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72372/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-72372","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-72372","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72372","GHSA-4c5j-jgfr-26gp","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72372"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel AFS","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A race condition in the Linux kernel AFS module due to missing locks can lead to system instability or denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"race_condition"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nafs: Fix lack of locking around modifications of net-\u003ecells_dyn_ino\n\nFix the lack of locking around modifications of net-\u003ecells_dyn_ino by\ntaking net-\u003ecells_lock exclusively.  This also requires to cell to be\nremoved from net-\u003ecells_dyn_ino in afs_destroy_cell_work() rather than in\nafs_cell_destroy() as the latter runs in RCU cleanup context and sleeping\nlocks cannot be taken there.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"afs: Fix lack of locking around modifications of net-\u003ecells_dyn_ino","id":"CVE-2026-72372","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"race_condition","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_callbacks()","id":"CVE-2026-72373"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"afs: Fix the volume AFS_VOLUME_RM_TREE is set on","id":"CVE-2026-72371"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-08-15","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-17","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A race condition in the Linux kernel AFS module due to missing locks can lead to system instability or denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72372/"}