CVE-2026-23408

Name	CVE-2026-23408
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: Fix double free of ns_name in aa_replace_profiles() if ns_name is NULL after 1071 error = aa_unpack(udata, &lh, &ns_name); and if ent->ns_name contains an ns_name in 1089 } else if (ent->ns_name) { then ns_name is assigned the ent->ns_name 1095 ns_name = ent->ns_name; however ent->ns_name is freed at 1262 aa_load_ent_free(ent); and then again when freeing ns_name at 1270 kfree(ns_name); Fix this by NULLing out ent->ns_name after it is transferred to ns_name ")
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.251-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.159-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.164-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.73-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.74-2	fixed
	forky	6.19.11-1	fixed
	sid	6.19.13-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
linux	source	bullseye	5.10.251-1
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.164-1
linux	source	trixie	6.12.74-2
linux	source	(unstable)	6.19.6-2

https://git.kernel.org/linus/5df0c44e8f5f619d3beb871207aded7c78414502 (7.0-rc4)
https://www.qualys.com/2026/03/10/crack-armor.txt