CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-72457

Low risk· EPSS 11%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's AppArmor module, a vulnerability exists in unpack_pdb where a failed ACCEPT2 allocation is not handled correctly. If the allocation fails, it sets an error message but jumps to the success path, returning a policydb missing the required table.

Risk Assessment

This could lead to incorrect security policy enforcement or system crashes.

Recommendation

Apply a Linux kernel update containing the fix that returns -ENOMEM through the normal failure path when ACCEPT2 allocation fails.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fail policy unpack on accept2 allocation failure unpack_pdb() may need to allocate a missing ACCEPT2 table for older policy data. If that allocation failed, it set an error message but jumped to the success path, returning a policydb with the required table missing. Return -ENOMEM through the normal failure path when the ACCEPT2 allocation fails. Remove the now-unused out label.

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