{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "e8d6c554126b830217c5e9f549e0e21f865a0a8a"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "63d3f283858fae097fb09ddd4ce46bb0bc1f9d01"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "ebfd13c0367adb43d7c0a72f5cd7e004e60c6b28"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5597fbd1e7c161914f20315a726e54025b0fdadb"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.6.23"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.18.40"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.19.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.1.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72375.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nafs: Fix reinitialisation of the inode, in particular -\u003elock_work\n\nIt seems that initalising afs_vnode::lock_work a single time in the slab's\ninit function isn't sufficient for work_structs.  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  \u003cTASK\u003e\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 -\u003elock_work after allocating an inode.\n\nAlso, flush -\u003elock_work when the inode is being evicted to make sure it's\nnot still running.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-72375",
  "modified": "2026-08-16T03:31:02.955137127Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T05:56:09.790Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5597fbd1e7c161914f20315a726e54025b0fdadb"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63d3f283858fae097fb09ddd4ce46bb0bc1f9d01"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebfd13c0367adb43d7c0a72f5cd7e004e60c6b28"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72375.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72375"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "afs: Fix reinitialisation of the inode, in particular -\u003elock_work"
}