CVE-2026-47331 PUBLISHED

Use-after-free in Ubuntu Linux AppArmor notification handling

Assigner: canonical
Reserved: 19.05.2026 Published: 28.05.2026 Updated: 29.05.2026

Ubuntu Linux 6.8 contains AppArmor SAUCE patches which fail to acquire a lock when modifying a linked list. An unprivileged local user could trigger the race condition that can lead to a use-after-free (UAF) and, theoretically, arbitrary code execution.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.8

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

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.)

Credits

Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec), Talence Security finder

References

https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/noble/commit/?id=5e5cd4759b63363373faf1ce15d1cab3606d6ec8

Problem Types

CWE-416 Use After Free CWE