CVE-2026-23408In 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)…
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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 ")
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-415
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 5.5.1 before 5.10.253; from 5.11 before 5.15.203; from 5.16 before 6.1.169; from 6.2 before 6.6.130; from 6.7 before 6.12.77; from 6.13 before 6.18.18; from 6.19 before 6.19.8; 5.5; and 7 more ranges | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18b5233e860c294a847ee07869d93c0b8673a54bpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35f4caec1352054b9a61cfdf2bf1898073637aa0patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55ef2af7490aaf72f8ffe11ec44c6bcb7eb2162apatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5df0c44e8f5f619d3beb871207aded7c78414502patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7998ab3010d2317643f91828f1853d954ef31387patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86feeccd6b93ed94bd6655f30de80f163f8d5a45patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c053ae381ce227577567d1ef10090ce7506d7a28patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6347a2116ecccb8fd9ee4ebc75ae41d1d7ef689patch
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