{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "bc6e5f6933b8e7b74858ac830d5b9b4ca10a099a"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "d8ea44f6090c087fe255d9512fb808574b4d88e8"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "d680472db98823d90fc91362910901e468269318"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "b1aea2c1960771a276d7e68c7424168eccd0c3da"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.17.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.18.40"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.19.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.1.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72462.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\napparmor: fix race in unix socket mediation when peer_path is used\n\nThe holding a reference to the peer_sk is not enough to ensure access\nto the peer sk path. Accessing the path outside of the state lock\nallows for a race with unix_release_sock(). Fix this by taking the\nstate lock and getting a reference to the path under lock.\n\nIdeally for connected sockets we would cache this information so we\ndon't have to take the lock here. But for now just fix the race.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-72462",
  "modified": "2026-08-18T03:31:24.558033748Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T05:57:06.705Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1aea2c1960771a276d7e68c7424168eccd0c3da"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d680472db98823d90fc91362910901e468269318"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8ea44f6090c087fe255d9512fb808574b4d88e8"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72462.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72462"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "apparmor: fix race in unix socket mediation when peer_path is used"
}