CVE-2026-74427: Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix netns teardown to cancel the preallocation charger Fix the teardown of an afs network namespace to make sure it cancels the work item that keeps the preallocated rxrpc call/conn/peer queue charged before incoming calls are disabled (i.e. listen 0). Also, if net->live is false because the afs netns is being deleted, make afs_charge_preallocation() skip charging and make afs_rx_new_call() avoid requeuing the charger. (This was found by AI review).

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 4.9, before 5.10.261 (fixed in 5.10.261); from 5.11, before 5.15.212 (fixed in 5.15.212); from 5.16, before 6.1.178 (fixed in 6.1.178); from 6.2, before 6.6.145 (fixed in 6.6.145); from 6.7, before 6.12.97 (fixed in 6.12.97); from 6.13, before 6.18.40 (fixed in 6.18.40); …

Published 2026-08-15. Last modified 2026-08-17.