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CVE-2026-72373

Estado: RecibidaAlta (7.5)—

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_callbacks()

Fix afs_break_some_callbacks() to check to see if afs_lookup_volume_rcu() returned NULL (e.g. the specified volume is unknown).

CVSS

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

Vector CVSS de red sin autenticación (AV:N/PR:N/UI:N) y alto impacto en disponibilidad (A:H) apunta a DoS remoto. NULL pointer en kernel causa crash/DoS. Escalada posible si explotable para elevación de privilegios kernel, pero no explícito.

Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.

🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas

Filter Network TrafficVulnerability ScanningPrivileged Account ManagementNetwork SegmentationLimit Access to Resource Over NetworkApplication Isolation and Sandboxing

Tecnologías afectadas (1)

⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.

Linux — Linux KernelAI

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