CVE-2026-72461

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fix refcount leak when updating the skctx Currently updateskctx transfers the plabel reference, unfortunately it is also unconditionally put in the caller. Ideally we would make the caller conditionally put the referenc...

CVE-2026-72461 apparmor: fix refcount leak when updating the sk_ctx

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fix refcount leak when updating the skctx Currently updateskctx transfers the plabel reference, unfortunately it is also unconditionally put in the caller. Ideally we would make the caller conditionally put the referenc...

CVE-2026-72461

Vulnerability CVE-2026-72461 affects the Linux kernel with AppArmor: a refcount leak in updating the sk_ctx. Root cause: update_sk_ctx() transfers the plabel reference but also unconditionally releases it in the caller; the fix is to obtain a proper reference and avoid double-free. Affected compo...