CVE-2026-45884

MEDIUM

apparmor: avoid per-cpu hold underflow in aa_get_buffer

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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