CVE-2026-72456apparmor: release exe file resources on path failure
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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.
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Received
- Record last updated
- Aug 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from 8d34e16f7f2b51f880957f2caadaae731ee28867 before 393809a05cfb60309ad63ee09138db8296d6b97e; from 8d34e16f7f2b51f880957f2caadaae731ee28867 before 7306c41672487a6c28430714be063bc6942c28f2 | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/393809a05cfb60309ad63ee09138db8296d6b97e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7306c41672487a6c28430714be063bc6942c28f2
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