CVE-2026-80877

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's AFS (Andrew File System) module. This vulnerability occurs in the afs_update_cell() function when it attempts to update a volume list (vllist) that is empty. Under specific conditions, the old vllist is not properly released, leading to a memory leak. A local attacker could potentially exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service due to system resource exhaustion.

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