๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-23408

HIGH 7.8

apparmor: Fix double free of ns_name in aa_replace_profiles()

CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: Fix double free of ns_name in aa_replace_profiles() if ns_name is NULL after 1071 error = aa_unpack(udata, &lh, &ns_name); and if ent->ns_name contains an ns_name in 1089 } else if (ent->ns_name) { then ns_name is assigned the ent->ns_name 1095 ns_name = ent->ns_name; however ent->ns_name is freed at 1262 aa_load_ent_free(ent); and then again when freeing ns_name at 1270 kfree(ns_name); Fix this by NULLing out ent->ns_name after it is transferred to ns_name ")

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Published Apr 1, 2026
Last Updated Apr 13, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
145a0ef21c8e944957f58e2c8ffcd8a10f46266a < 55ef2af7490aaf72f8ffe11ec44c6bcb7eb2162a 145a0ef21c8e944957f58e2c8ffcd8a10f46266a < 86feeccd6b93ed94bd6655f30de80f163f8d5a45 145a0ef21c8e944957f58e2c8ffcd8a10f46266a < 7998ab3010d2317643f91828f1853d954ef31387 145a0ef21c8e944957f58e2c8ffcd8a10f46266a < 18b5233e860c294a847ee07869d93c0b8673a54b 145a0ef21c8e944957f58e2c8ffcd8a10f46266a < 5df0c44e8f5f619d3beb871207aded7c78414502
Linux / Linux
5.5

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55ef2af7490aaf72f8ffe11ec44c6bcb7eb2162a git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86feeccd6b93ed94bd6655f30de80f163f8d5a45 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7998ab3010d2317643f91828f1853d954ef31387 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18b5233e860c294a847ee07869d93c0b8673a54b git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5df0c44e8f5f619d3beb871207aded7c78414502