{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-72457","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-08-09T03:40:39.932Z","datePublished":"2026-08-15T05:57:03.536Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:15:01.418Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:15:01.418Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\napparmor: fail policy unpack on accept2 allocation failure\n\nunpack_pdb() may need to allocate a missing ACCEPT2 table for older policy\ndata. If that allocation failed, it set an error message but jumped to the\nsuccess path, returning a policydb with the required table missing.\n\nReturn -ENOMEM through the normal failure path when the ACCEPT2 allocation\nfails. Remove the now-unused out label."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c"],"versions":[{"version":"2e12c5f060176ede209673e4f63ea5d0e3c5814c","lessThan":"22dc9433d458cff1270f120685114a9753e0ad1b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2e12c5f060176ede209673e4f63ea5d0e3c5814c","lessThan":"106e909e12baf059538f0b0f1a59f87781d25b3c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2e12c5f060176ede209673e4f63ea5d0e3c5814c","lessThan":"45cf568241048e560a81aa2053f06a62069f5640","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.17","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.40","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.5","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.17","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.40"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.17","versionEndExcluding":"7.1.5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.17","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22dc9433d458cff1270f120685114a9753e0ad1b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/106e909e12baf059538f0b0f1a59f87781d25b3c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45cf568241048e560a81aa2053f06a62069f5640"}],"title":"apparmor: fail policy unpack on accept2 allocation failure","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}