CVE-2026-23408

216.73.217.22

· Published 01/04/2026 09:16 · Modified 02/04/2026 15:16

Labels: CVE-2026-23408 2026-04-01 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 CVE-2026-23408

Essential information

Published: 01/04/2026 09:16
Modified: 02/04/2026 15:16
Author: —
Creator: —
CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1)
CISA KEV: No
CWE: —
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Description

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 ")

NVD status

Status: Awaiting Analysis — CVE has been marked for Analysis. Normally once in this state the CVE will be analyzed by NVD staff within 24 hours.
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
NVD: View on NVD

Affected products (CPE)

Product	CPE
linux / linux kernel	`cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel::::::::`
linux / apparmor	`cpe:2.3:a:linux:apparmor::::::::`