CVE-2026-47327 (GCVE-0-2026-47327)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 18:27 – Updated: 2026-05-28 19:25
VLAI
Title
NULL pointer dereference in Ubuntu Linux AppArmor notification handling
Summary
Ubuntu Linux 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0 contain SAUCE patches with a possible NULL pointer dereference in the handling of AppArmor notifications. The bug can be triggered by an unprivileged local user. This can lead to a kernel oops.
Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL pointer dereference
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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