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    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72459.json"
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\napparmor: aa_label_alloc use aa_label_free on alloc failure\n\naa_label_alloc() allocates a secid before allocating or taking the label\nproxy. If the later proxy step fails, the error path only freed the label\nmemory, leaking any resources initialized by aa_label_init().\n\nUse aa_label_free() on the failure path so partially initialized labels\nrelease their secid and other label resources before the backing memory is\nfreed.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-72459",
  "modified": "2026-08-18T03:31:02.099787464Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T05:57:04.794Z",
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/654fe7505dc6889724d4094fa64f89991afabfc3"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cb69e109610bba500e1ecb870f7988a4717208a"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae02e603c0b39b29f3ce6fe3efe01b286af1a2a4"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b14fbacad77d64594228983ec20d61a224f3f491"
    },
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5a9da5d36162d34db0f36abb15420e295176793"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf310b044e85d4de670c94295c5d8e4c5bc5e7bc"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc2192899d502e3321e60cf1e91421e7309d089c"
    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72459.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72459"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "apparmor: aa_label_alloc use aa_label_free on alloc failure"
}