CVE-2026-72456
apparmor: release exe file resources on path failure
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: release exe file resources on path failure get_current_exe_path() takes both an exe_file reference and a path reference before resolving the path name. If aa_path_name() failed, it returned immediately and leaked both references. Route the failure through the common cleanup path so fput() and path_put() always run after the references are acquired.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Aug 15, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
8d34e16f7f2b51f880957f2caadaae731ee28867 < 393809a05cfb60309ad63ee09138db8296d6b97e 8d34e16f7f2b51f880957f2caadaae731ee28867 < 7306c41672487a6c28430714be063bc6942c28f2
Linux / Linux
7.0