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CVE-2022-50860· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Linux

apparmor: Fix memleak in alloc_ns()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 0250cf8d37bb5201a117177afd24dc73a1c81657, 12695b4b76d437b9c0182a6f7dfb2248013a9daf, 5f509fa740b17307f0cba412485072f632d5af36.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 0250cf8d37bb5201a117177afd24dc73a1c81657, 12695b4b76d437b9c0182a6f7dfb2248013a9daf, 5f509fa740b17307f0cba412485072f632d5af36 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: Fix memleak in alloc_ns() After changes in commit a1bd627b46d1 ("apparmor: share profile name on replacement"), the hname member of struct aa_policy is not valid slab object, but a subset of that, it can not be freed by kfree_sensitive(), use aa_policy_destroy() to fix it.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Dec 30, 2025
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 9th percentile
CWE
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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CNA vs NVD score

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CNA · Linux
7.8
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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 4.13affected
    • a1bd627b46d169268a0ee5960899fb5be960a317 and later · before 9a32aa87a25d800b2c6f47bc2749a7bfd9a486f3affected · git
    • a1bd627b46d169268a0ee5960899fb5be960a317 and later · before 5f509fa740b17307f0cba412485072f632d5af36affected · git
    • a1bd627b46d169268a0ee5960899fb5be960a317 and later · before 0250cf8d37bb5201a117177afd24dc73a1c81657affected · git
    • a1bd627b46d169268a0ee5960899fb5be960a317 and later · before 12695b4b76d437b9c0182a6f7dfb2248013a9dafaffected · git
    • a1bd627b46d169268a0ee5960899fb5be960a317 and later · before e9e6fa49dbab6d84c676666f3fe7d360497fd65baffected · git
    • before 4.13not affected · semver
    • 5.10.163 and later · up to and including 5.10.*not affected · semver
    • 5.15.86 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
    • 6.0.16 and later · up to and including 6.0.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.4-16.1.4-1

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    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux0250cf8d37bb5201a117177afd24dc73a1c81657Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux12695b4b76d437b9c0182a6f7dfb2248013a9dafVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5f509fa740b17307f0cba412485072f632d5af36Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux9a32aa87a25d800b2c6f47bc2749a7bfd9a486f3Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe9e6fa49dbab6d84c676666f3fe7d360497fd65bVendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.4-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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