CVE-2026-23403

MEDIUM

apparmor: fix memory leak in verify_header

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fix memory leak in verify_header The function sets `*ns = NULL` on every call, leaking the namespace string allocated in previous iterations when multiple profiles are unpacked. This also breaks namespace consistency checking since *ns is always NULL when the comparison is made. Remove the incorrect assignment. The caller (aa_unpack) initializes *ns to NULL once before the loop, which is sufficient.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (29)
linux/Kernel 3.12.0 - 5.10.253linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.203linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.169linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.18linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.8linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.130linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.77linux
Linux/Linux < 3.12
Linux/Linux 3.12
Linux/Linux 5.10.253 - 5.10.*
... and 19 more
Published Apr 01, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 01, 2026