CVE-2026-72462

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fix race in unix socket mediation when peer_path is used The holding a reference to the peer_sk is not enough to ensure access to the peer sk path. Accessing the path outside of the state lock allows for a race with unix_release_sock(). Fix this by taking the state lock and getting a reference to the path under lock. Ideally for connected sockets we would cache this information so we don't have to take the lock here. But for now just fix the race.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1aea2c1960771a276d7e68c7424168eccd0c3da
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d680472db98823d90fc91362910901e468269318
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8ea44f6090c087fe255d9512fb808574b4d88e8

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-08-15 06:22

Updated : 2026-08-17 06:19

NVD link : CVE-2026-72462

Mitre link : CVE-2026-72462

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-72462

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Products Affected

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CWE

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