# afs: Fix incorrect free in candidate cleanup in afs_lookup_server()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97584`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97584`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:22 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `d6aa05cd995830f6dcee7b139335edb266de38a6 to before 981d72663dee2fa6efaf202293e68d2b10a0d1d4` (git)
  - affected: `4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173 to before e5bc0fa9959dc8f7eb1afab7c039594a16a1a65c` (git)
  - affected: `4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173 to before 349e713039a1fd6659c27e7a66238bfa49ce37e9` (git)
  - affected: `4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173 to before 044d596094af4b769fb8e1173dff0d08bd68db6c` (git)
  - affected: `6.12.101 to before 6.12.111` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.15`
  - unaffected: `before 6.15` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0016, the 5th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97584](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97584)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97584](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97584)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/981d72663dee2fa6efaf202293e68d2b10a0d1d4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5bc0fa9959dc8f7eb1afab7c039594a16a1a65c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/349e713039a1fd6659c27e7a66238bfa49ce37e9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/044d596094af4b769fb8e1173dff0d08bd68db6c>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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