CVE-2026-47326 (GCVE-0-2026-47326)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 18:26 – Updated: 2026-05-28 19:25
VLAI
Title
Memory leak in Ubuntu Linux AppArmor large notification response allocation
Summary
Ubuntu Linux 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0 contain SAUCE patches with a memory leak in the handling of big responses to AppArmor notifications. The bug can be triggered by an unprivileged local user. The memory leak could lead to resource exhaustion.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Canonical Ubuntu Linux Affected: 6.8.0 , < 6.8.0-124.124 (dpkg)
Affected: 6.17.0 , < 6.17.0-35.35 (dpkg)
Affected: 7.0.0 , < 7.0.0-22.22 (dpkg)
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Credits
Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec), Talence Security
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