{"id":"CVE-2026-72456","summary":"apparmor: release exe file resources on path failure","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\napparmor: release exe file resources on path failure\n\nget_current_exe_path() takes both an exe_file reference and a path\nreference before resolving the path name. If aa_path_name() failed, it\nreturned immediately and leaked both references.\n\nRoute the failure through the common cleanup path so fput() and path_put()\nalways run after the references are acquired.","modified":"2026-08-18T03:31:21.294915726Z","published":"2026-08-15T05:57:02.864Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72456.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/393809a05cfb60309ad63ee09138db8296d6b97e"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7306c41672487a6c28430714be063bc6942c28f2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72456.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72456"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://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":"8d34e16f7f2b51f880957f2caadaae731ee28867"},{"fixed":"393809a05cfb60309ad63ee09138db8296d6b97e"},{"fixed":"7306c41672487a6c28430714be063bc6942c28f2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72456.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"7.0.0"},{"fixed":"7.1.5"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72456.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}