CVE-2026-72375

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This results in the\nDEBUG_OBJECTS debugging stuff producing a warning occasionally when running\nthe generic/131 xfstest:\n\n ODEBUG: activate not available (active state 0) object: 0000000016d8760f object type: work_struct hint: afs_lock_work+0x0/0x220\n WARNING: lib/debugobjects.c:629 at debug_print_object+0x4b/0x90, CPU#3: locktest/7695\n ...\n CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 7695 Comm: locktest Tainted: G S 7.1.0-build3+ #2771 PREEMPT\n ...\n RIP: 0010:debug_print_object+0x65/0x90\n ...\n Call Trace:\n <TASK>\n ? __pfx_afs_lock_work+0x10/0x10\n debug_object_activate+0x122/0x170\n insert_work+0x25/0x60\n __queue_work+0x2e0/0x340\n queue_delayed_work_on+0x48/0x70\n afs_fl_release_private+0x57/0x70\n locks_release_private+0x5c/0xa0\n locks_free_lock+0xe/0x20\n posix_lock_inode+0x55f/0x5b0\n locks_lock_inode_wait+0x81/0x140\n ? file_write_and_wait_range+0x50/0x70\n afs_lock+0xcd/0x110\n fcntl_setlk+0x10d/0x260\n do_fcntl+0x24e/0x5b0\n __do_sys_fcntl+0x6a/0x90\n do_syscall_64+0x11e/0x310\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x71/0x79\n\nFix this by reinitialising ->lock_work after allocating an inode.\n\nAlso, flush ->lock_work when the inode is being evicted to make sure it's\nnot still running."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The bug is reached only via the local VFS file-locking path (fcntl/F_SETLK/F_SETLKW \u2192 afs_lock \u2192 afs_fl_release_private \u2192 queue_delayed_work on vnode->lock_work), not from inbound AFS/RxRPC network packet handling.\nAC:L - An attacker can reliably drive the fault by cycling POSIX locks and inode eviction/reuse on AFS files they control; both sides of the workqueue/slab race are attacker-influenced and freely retryable, matching the intermittent generic/131 locktest reproducer.\nPR:L - On the highest-impact deployment (enterprise/university hosts with AFS already mounted), any unprivileged local user who can open files on that mount can trigger fcntl locking without real root or CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the init namespace.\nUI:N - Exploitation requires no action by another user; the attacker directly issues fcntl lock/unlock operations on file descriptors they hold on the shared AFS mount.\nS:U - Impact is confined to kernel memory corruption and privilege escalation within the same kernel security boundary; this is not a VM escape, IOMMU bypass, or cross-authority sandbox breakout.\nC:H - Stale lock_work reuse and eviction without flush_delayed_work() can leave afs_lock_work operating on freed/reallocated afs_vnode slab memory, a classic use-after-free that can disclose or corrupt adjacent kernel heap contents.\nI:H - Corrupting or re-queuing a stale delayed_work can corrupt workqueue lists and attacker-controlled vnode fields, providing primitives consistent with arbitrary kernel write and control-flow hijack, not merely a benign warning.\nA:H - Invalid work_struct state triggers kernel warnings/oops in testing and can panic the system when deferred lock work runs against an evicted inode or poisoned slab object during normal lock release."}]}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/afs/inode.c", "fs/afs/super.c"], "versions": [{"version": "e8d6c554126b830217c5e9f549e0e21f865a0a8a", "lessThan": "1471eef04c074029e2512a36e4d37d8547ff9762", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "e8d6c554126b830217c5e9f549e0e21f865a0a8a", "lessThan": "2e7888bb635d9bc84359491347b236cc232ca4df", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "e8d6c554126b830217c5e9f549e0e21f865a0a8a", "lessThan": "34dff35154e2fb3987ec5e0b40def14c64eadeb1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "e8d6c554126b830217c5e9f549e0e21f865a0a8a", "lessThan": "63d3f283858fae097fb09ddd4ce46bb0bc1f9d01", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "e8d6c554126b830217c5e9f549e0e21f865a0a8a", "lessThan": "ebfd13c0367adb43d7c0a72f5cd7e004e60c6b28", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "e8d6c554126b830217c5e9f549e0e21f865a0a8a", "lessThan": "5597fbd1e7c161914f20315a726e54025b0fdadb", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/afs/inode.c", "fs/afs/super.c"], "versions": [{"version": "2.6.23", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "2.6.23", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.191", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.160", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.114", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.40", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.1.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.191"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.160"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.114"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.40"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.5"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1471eef04c074029e2512a36e4d37d8547ff9762"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e7888bb635d9bc84359491347b236cc232ca4df"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34dff35154e2fb3987ec5e0b40def14c64eadeb1"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63d3f283858fae097fb09ddd4ce46bb0bc1f9d01"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebfd13c0367adb43d7c0a72f5cd7e004e60c6b28"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5597fbd1e7c161914f20315a726e54025b0fdadb"}], "title": "afs: Fix reinitialisation of the inode, in particular ->lock_work", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}, "adp": [{"metrics": [{"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"id": "CVE-2026-72375", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "total"}], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2026-10-16T18:48:13.426490Z"}}}], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-16T18:55:20.832Z"}}]}}

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This results in the\nDEBUG_OBJECTS debugging stuff producing a warning occasionally when running\nthe generic/131 xfstest:\n\n ODEBUG: activate not available (active state 0) object: 0000000016d8760f object type: work_struct hint: afs_lock_work+0x0/0x220\n WARNING: lib/debugobjects.c:629 at debug_print_object+0x4b/0x90, CPU#3: locktest/7695\n ...\n CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 7695 Comm: locktest Tainted: G S 7.1.0-build3+ #2771 PREEMPT\n ...\n RIP: 0010:debug_print_object+0x65/0x90\n ...\n Call Trace:\n <TASK>\n ? __pfx_afs_lock_work+0x10/0x10\n debug_object_activate+0x122/0x170\n insert_work+0x25/0x60\n __queue_work+0x2e0/0x340\n queue_delayed_work_on+0x48/0x70\n afs_fl_release_private+0x57/0x70\n locks_release_private+0x5c/0xa0\n locks_free_lock+0xe/0x20\n posix_lock_inode+0x55f/0x5b0\n locks_lock_inode_wait+0x81/0x140\n ? file_write_and_wait_range+0x50/0x70\n afs_lock+0xcd/0x110\n fcntl_setlk+0x10d/0x260\n do_fcntl+0x24e/0x5b0\n __do_sys_fcntl+0x6a/0x90\n do_syscall_64+0x11e/0x310\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x71/0x79\n\nFix this by reinitialising ->lock_work after allocating an inode.\n\nAlso, flush ->lock_work when the inode is being evicted to make sure it's\nnot still running."}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.191", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.160", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.114", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.40", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.5", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "versionEndExcluding": "7.2", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T12:29:10.338Z"}}}, "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-72375", "state": "PUBLISHED", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T12:29:10.338Z", "dateReserved": "2026-08-09T03:40:39.922Z", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:56:09.790Z", "assignerShortName": "Linux"}, "dataVersion": "5.2"}

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