CVE-2026-72461

CVE-2026-72461

High · published August 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

apparmor: fix refcount leak when updating the sk_ctx

Currently update_sk_ctx() transfers the plabel reference, unfortunately

it is also unconditionally put in the caller. Ideally we would make

the caller conditionally put the reference based on whether it was

transferred but for now just fix the bug by getting a reference.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00173 · 6.4th percentile
Published
2026-08-15T10:22Z
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 05:57Z
    apparmor: fix refcount leak when updating the sk_ctx
    cvelistv5