CVE-2026-45848 PUBLISHED

apparmor: fix NULL sock in aa_sock_file_perm

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 13.05.2026 Published: 27.05.2026 Updated: 27.05.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

apparmor: fix NULL sock in aa_sock_file_perm

Deal with the potential that sock and sock-sk can be NULL during socket setup or teardown. This could lead to an oops. The fix for NULL pointer dereference in __unix_needs_revalidation shows this is at least possible for af_unix sockets. While the fix for af_unix sockets applies for newer mediation this is still the fall back path for older af_unix mediation and other sockets, so ensure it is covered.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 56974a6fcfef69ee0825bd66ed13e92070ac5224 to 68538ec34fcb4194c7961dc4eca6f5537fec8067 (excl.)
  • affected from 56974a6fcfef69ee0825bd66ed13e92070ac5224 to 5121b7283f1c46e4c06b88b1dda7b064429d77de (excl.)
  • affected from 56974a6fcfef69ee0825bd66ed13e92070ac5224 to c11b7c3280d000376e27ebfed17ec7046699eab4 (excl.)
  • affected from 56974a6fcfef69ee0825bd66ed13e92070ac5224 to 0dc19bca22606f7a61d5988408f74e3ae0ef3486 (excl.)
  • affected from 56974a6fcfef69ee0825bd66ed13e92070ac5224 to 3852eb9a0392eb435c03dcb47d581bcfe6a9a95b (excl.)
  • affected from 56974a6fcfef69ee0825bd66ed13e92070ac5224 to ccb66a3c6c8f51b3ed1bc003b70bb9ff99e8d835 (excl.)
  • affected from 56974a6fcfef69ee0825bd66ed13e92070ac5224 to 8a0ededbfcff74598f82f1d4b8ef9db28878b317 (excl.)
  • affected from 56974a6fcfef69ee0825bd66ed13e92070ac5224 to 00b67657535dfea56e84d11492f5c0f61d0af297 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.17 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.17 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.252 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.202 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.165 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.128 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.75 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.14 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.4 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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