CVE-2026-47327 PUBLISHED

NULL pointer dereference in Ubuntu Linux AppArmor notification handling

Assigner: canonical
Reserved: 19.05.2026 Published: 28.05.2026 Updated: 28.05.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 3.3

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Canonical
Product	Ubuntu Linux
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 6.8.0 to 6.8.0-124.124 (excl.) affected from 6.17.0 to 6.17.0-35.35 (excl.) affected from 7.0.0 to 7.0.0-22.22 (excl.)

Credits

Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec), Talence Security finder

References

https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/noble/commit/?id=7f3c4902c39432ce7ea0d384cb70eba282247fac

Problem Types

CWE-476 NULL pointer dereference CWE