CVE-2026-72458

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72458
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72458.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-72458
Downstream
Published
2026-08-15T05:57:04.179Z
Modified
2026-08-16T03:48:43.353212583Z
Summary
apparmor: fix NULL pointer dereference in unpack_pdb
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72458.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
2e12c5f060176ede209673e4f63ea5d0e3c5814c
Fixed
fbfdb5a94a48797bea232791e24c38f3aa3063c8
Fixed
73d86ca950b80cd39ca948e2c518d135bf2308c8
Fixed
7681ca43d2b1c776e62fe77e3167835fb1ab8319

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72458.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.17.0
Fixed
6.18.40
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72458.json"