---
id: CVE-2026-97584
title: |-
  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 candidat…
summary: |-
  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 candidat…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= d6aa05cd995830f6dcee7b139335edb266de38a6 <
    981d72663dee2fa6efaf202293e68d2b10a0d1d4
  - >-
    Linux >= 4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173 <
    e5bc0fa9959dc8f7eb1afab7c039594a16a1a65c
  - >-
    Linux >= 4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173 <
    349e713039a1fd6659c27e7a66238bfa49ce37e9
  - >-
    Linux >= 4882ba78574e2d8c579658f65f6784b0d139d173 <
    044d596094af4b769fb8e1173dff0d08bd68db6c
  - Linux >= 6.12.101 < 6.12.111
  - Linux 6.15
published: '2026-09-25'
updated: '2026-09-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T15:18:00.430'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97584'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/044d596094af4b769fb8e1173dff0d08bd68db6c'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/349e713039a1fd6659c27e7a66238bfa49ce37e9'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/981d72663dee2fa6efaf202293e68d2b10a0d1d4'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5bc0fa9959dc8f7eb1afab7c039594a16a1a65c'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97584.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97584'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2541073'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97584'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97584'
  - url: >-
      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-97584.mbox
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ingestedAt: '2026-09-25T11:06:38.908Z'
epss: 0.00163
epssPercentile: 0.05499
cwe:
  - CWE-826
scores:
  nvd: 7.8
  vendor: 7
  cna: 7.8
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · updated 2026-09-29 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97584.json)