{"cve":"CVE-2026-72456","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:22:19.597","modified":"2026-08-17T06:19:13.277","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\napparmor: release exe file resources on path failure\n\nget_current_exe_path() takes both an exe_file reference and a path\nreference before resolving the path name. If aa_path_name() failed, it\nreturned immediately and leaked both references.\n\nRoute the failure through the common cleanup path so fput() and path_put()\nalways run after the references are acquired.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/393809a05cfb60309ad63ee09138db8296d6b97e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7306c41672487a6c28430714be063bc6942c28f2"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72456","score":0.00198,"percentile":0.09577,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}