CVE-2026-45884
MEDIUMapparmor: avoid per-cpu hold underflow in aa_get_buffer
Title source: cnaDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: avoid per-cpu hold underflow in aa_get_buffer When aa_get_buffer() pulls from the per-cpu list it unconditionally decrements cache->hold. If hold reaches 0 while count is still non-zero, the unsigned decrement wraps to UINT_MAX. This keeps hold non-zero for a very long time, so aa_put_buffer() never returns buffers to the global list, which can starve other CPUs and force repeated kmalloc(aa_g_path_max) allocations. Guard the decrement so hold never underflows.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
5.1%
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-191
Status
published
Products (14)
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.18.14linux
linux/Kernel
6.19.0 - 6.19.4linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.75linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.7
Linux/Linux
6.12.75 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux
6.18.14 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux
6.19.4 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux
6.7
Linux/Linux
7.0
Linux/Linux
ea9bae12d02819556db63348db8bd8441eb316f2 - 202824a1f89a9786c20a3d646a7c88d223abb1b2
... and 4 more
Published
May 27, 2026
Tracked Since
May 27, 2026