CVE-2026-72373

A flaw was found in the AFS Andrew File System component of the Linux kernel. A missing NULL pointer check in the afsbreaksomecallbacks function could allow a local attacker to trigger a kernel panic, leading to a denial of service. This occurs when the afslookupvolumercu function returns a NULL...

CVE-2026-72373 afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_callbacks()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afsbreaksomecallbacks Fix afsbreaksomecallbacks to check to see if afslookupvolumercu returned NULL e.g. the specified volume is unknown...