CVE-2026-72458

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fix NULL pointer dereference in unpack_pdb pdb->dfa could be NULL if unpack_dfa fails, causing a NULL pointer dereference.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbfdb5a94a48797bea232791e24c38f3aa3063c8

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7681ca43d2b1c776e62fe77e3167835fb1ab8319

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73d86ca950b80cd39ca948e2c518d135bf2308c8

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-15

Updated: 2026-08-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H