apparmor: aa_label_alloc use aa_label_free on alloc failure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: aa_label_alloc use aa_label_free on alloc failure aa_label_alloc() allocates a secid before allocating or taking the label proxy. If the later proxy step fails, the error path only freed the label memory, leaking any resources initialized by aa_label_init(). Use aa_label_free() on the failure path so partially initialized labels release their secid and other label resources before the backing memory is freed.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72459
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-787x-f6pf-8wg4
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b14fbacad77d64594228983ec20d61a224f3f491
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5a9da5d36162d34db0f36abb15420e295176793
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cb69e109610bba500e1ecb870f7988a4717208a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc2192899d502e3321e60cf1e91421e7309d089c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf310b044e85d4de670c94295c5d8e4c5bc5e7bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae02e603c0b39b29f3ce6fe3efe01b286af1a2a4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d91479174240f39e9edea250d95fa08c678a207
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/654fe7505dc6889724d4094fa64f89991afabfc3
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72459 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72459 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-787x-f6pf-8wg4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72459 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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