CVE-2026-72458 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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Vendors	Products
Linux Subscribe	Linux Kernel Subscribe

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73d86ca950b80cd39ca948e2c518d135bf2308c8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7681ca43d2b1c776e62fe77e3167835fb1ab8319
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbfdb5a94a48797bea232791e24c38f3aa3063c8

History

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
Title		apparmor: fix NULL pointer dereference in unpack_pdb
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73d86ca950b80cd39ca948e2c518d135bf2308c8 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7681ca43d2b1c776e62fe77e3167835fb1ab8319 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbfdb5a94a48797bea232791e24c38f3aa3063c8

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-08-15T05:57:04.179Z

Updated: 2026-08-15T05:57:04.179Z

Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.932Z

Link: CVE-2026-72458

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:19.783

Modified: 2026-08-15T06:22:19.783

Link: CVE-2026-72458

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Weaknesses

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