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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nafs: Fix lack of locking around modifications of net-\u003ecells_dyn_ino\n\nFix the lack of locking around modifications of net-\u003ecells_dyn_ino by\ntaking net-\u003ecells_lock exclusively.  This also requires to cell to be\nremoved from net-\u003ecells_dyn_ino in afs_destroy_cell_work() rather than in\nafs_cell_destroy() as the latter runs in RCU cleanup context and sleeping\nlocks cannot be taken there.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-72372",
  "modified": "2026-08-18T03:30:55.222494534Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T05:56:07.916Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72372"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "afs: Fix lack of locking around modifications of net-\u003ecells_dyn_ino"
}