CVE-2026-45848

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fix NULL sock in aa_sock_file_perm Deal with the potential that sock and sock-sk can be NULL during socket setup or teardown. This could lead to an oops. The fix for NULL pointer dereference in __unix_needs_revalidation shows this is at least possible for af_unix sockets. While the fix for af_unix sockets applies for newer mediation this is still the fall back path for older af_unix mediation and other sockets, so ensure it is covered.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccb66a3c6c8f51b3ed1bc003b70bb9ff99e8d835

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c11b7c3280d000376e27ebfed17ec7046699eab4

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a0ededbfcff74598f82f1d4b8ef9db28878b317

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68538ec34fcb4194c7961dc4eca6f5537fec8067

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5121b7283f1c46e4c06b88b1dda7b064429d77de

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3852eb9a0392eb435c03dcb47d581bcfe6a9a95b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dc19bca22606f7a61d5988408f74e3ae0ef3486

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00b67657535dfea56e84d11492f5c0f61d0af297

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-27

Updated: 2026-05-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00024