apparmor: Fix memleak in alloc_ns()

Summary

CVECVE-2022-50860
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-12-30 13:16:00 UTC
Updated2026-08-04 10:18:24 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: Fix memleak in alloc_ns() After changes in commit a1bd627b46d1 ("apparmor: share profile name on replacement"), the hname member of struct aa_policy is not valid slab object, but a subset of that, it can not be freed by kfree_sensitive(), use aa_policy_destroy() to fix it.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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

EPSS: 0.001740000 probability, percentile 0.070900000 (date 2026-08-06)


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67Secondary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected a1bd627b46d169268a0ee5960899fb5be960a317 9a32aa87a25d800b2c6f47bc2749a7bfd9a486f3 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected a1bd627b46d169268a0ee5960899fb5be960a317 5f509fa740b17307f0cba412485072f632d5af36 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected a1bd627b46d169268a0ee5960899fb5be960a317 0250cf8d37bb5201a117177afd24dc73a1c81657 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected a1bd627b46d169268a0ee5960899fb5be960a317 12695b4b76d437b9c0182a6f7dfb2248013a9daf git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected a1bd627b46d169268a0ee5960899fb5be960a317 e9e6fa49dbab6d84c676666f3fe7d360497fd65b git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 4.13 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 4.13 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.10.163 5.10.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.15.86 5.15.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.0.16 6.0.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.1.2 6.1.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.2 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/12695b4b76d437b9c0182a6f7dfb2248013a9daf 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9e6fa49dbab6d84c676666f3fe7d360497fd65b 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a32aa87a25d800b2c6f47bc2749a7bfd9a486f3 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f509fa740b17307f0cba412485072f632d5af36 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/0250cf8d37bb5201a117177afd24dc73a1c81657 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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