Review reviewHigh

CVE-2022-50860

Linux

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.

CVSS: 7.8
EPSS: -
CISA KEV: Not listed
Published: 2025.12.30

PRIORITY ASSESSMENT

Review review

The CVSS severity warrants an early asset and exposure review.

Known exploitationNot established by KEV

Exploit probability-

Technical severityCVSS 7.8

Vulnerability overview

Affected product and versions

Product: Linux
Affected versions: >= a1bd627b46d169268a0ee5960899fb5be960a317 < 9a32aa87a25d800b2c6f47bc2749a7bfd9a486f3, >= a1bd627b46d169268a0ee5960899fb5be960a317 < 5f509fa740b17307f0cba412485072f632d5af36, >= a1bd627b46d169268a0ee5960899fb5be960a317 < 0250cf8d37bb5201a117177afd24dc73a1c81657, >= a1bd627b46d169268a0ee5960899fb5be960a317 < 12695b4b76d437b9c0182a6f7dfb2248013a9daf, >= a1bd627b46d169268a0ee5960899fb5be960a317 < e9e6fa49dbab6d84c676666f3fe7d360497fd65b, >= 4.13
Fixed versions: No verified fixed-version field is available yet

Recommended response sequence

Confirm exposure before applying a vendor-supported change.

Full remediation guide

1
Identify
Confirm that Linux and an affected version are present.
2
Prioritize
Combine exploitation signals with asset exposure and business criticality.
3
Remediate
Follow the vendor advisory or supported update path and preserve rollback options.
4
Verify
Recheck the version, service health, access paths, and relevant logs.

Technical data

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE: Not available