7.8

CVE-2026-97584: linux

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-97584DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97584
Published 25-09-2026Last modified 19-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-97584 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.16%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:12074-1

Timeline

  1. 25-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix incorrect free in candidate cleanup in afs_lookup_server() Fix afs_lookup_server() to not free an existing server's endpoint state when cleaning up a candidate server. The candidate record doesn't have an endpoint state yet at this point, so the free for that can just be removed.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

26-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.16%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu138 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • linux< 6.12.111-1 | < 7.2.7-1
  • linux-6.12< 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ d6aa05cd995830f6dcee7b139335edb266de38a6, < 981d72663dee2fa6efaf202293e68d2b10a0d1d4 | ≥ 4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173, < e5bc0fa9959dc8f7eb1afab7c039594a16a1a65c | ≥ 4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173, < 349e713039a1fd6659c27e7a66238bfa49ce37e9 | ≥ 4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173, < 044d596094af4b769fb8e1173dff0d08bd68db6c | ≥ 6.12.101, < 6.12.111 | 6.15

3 vendors · 141 products

References

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