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CVE-2026-45884
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2026-05-27T14:17:02.290 · Last modified 2026-06-25T21:12:55.170

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: avoid per-cpu hold underflow in aa_get_buffer When aa_get_buffer() pulls from the per-cpu list it unconditionally decrements cache->hold. If hold reaches 0 while count is still non-zero, the unsigned decrement wraps to UINT_MAX. This keeps hold non-zero for a very long time, so aa_put_buffer() never returns buffers to the global list, which can starve other CPUs and force repeated kmalloc(aa_g_path_max) allocations. Guard the decrement so hold never underflows.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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