HOMEVULNERABILITIESCVE-2026-45965
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CVE-2026-45965

Published: May 27, 2026· Updated: May 27, 2026

Official Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

apparmor: fix invalid deref of rawdata when export_binary is unset

If the export_binary parameter is disabled on runtime, profiles that

were loaded before that will still have their rawdata stored in

apparmorfs, with a symbolic link to the rawdata on the policy

directory. When one of those profiles are replaced, the rawdata is set

to NULL, but when trying to resolve the symbolic links to rawdata for

that profile, it will try to dereference profile->rawdata->name when

profile->rawdata is now NULL causing an oops. Fix it by checking if

rawdata is set.

[ 168.653080] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000088

[ 168.657420] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode

[ 168.660619] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page

[ 168.663613] PGD 0 P4D 0

[ 168.665450] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI

[ 168.667836] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1729 Comm: ls Not tainted 6.19.0-rc7+ #3 PREEMPT(voluntary)

[ 168.672308] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014

[ 168.679327] RIP: 0010:rawdata_get_link_base.isra.0+0x23/0x330

[ 168.682768] Code: 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 53 48 83 ec 18 48 89 55 d0 48 85 ff 0f 84 e3 01 00 00 <48> 83 3c 25 88 00 00 00 00 0f 84 d4 01 00 00 49 89 f6 49 89 cc e8

[ 168.689818] RSP: 0018:ffffcdcb8200fb80 EFLAGS: 00010282

[ 168.690871] RAX: ffffffffaee74ec0 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffffb0120158

[ 168.692251] RDX: ffffcdcb8200fbe0 RSI: ffff88c187c9fa80 RDI: ffff88c186c98a80

[ 168.693593] RBP: ffffcdcb8200fbc0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000

[ 168.694941] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88c186c98a80

[ 168.696289] R13: 00007fff005aaa20 R14: 0000000000000080 R15: ffff88c188f4fce0

[ 168.697637] FS: 0000790e81c58280(0000) GS:ffff88c20a957000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000

[ 168.699227] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033

[ 168.700349] CR2: 0000000000000088 CR3: 000000012fd3e000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0

[ 168.701696] Call Trace:

[ 168.702325] <TASK>

[ 168.702995] rawdata_get_link_data+0x1c/0x30

[ 168.704145] vfs_readlink+0xd4/0x160

[ 168.705152] do_readlinkat+0x114/0x180

[ 168.706214] __x64_sys_readlink+0x1e/0x30

[ 168.708653] x64_sys_call+0x1d77/0x26b0

[ 168.709525] do_syscall_64+0x81/0x500

[ 168.710348] ? do_statx+0x72/0xb0

[ 168.711109] ? putname+0x3e/0x80

[ 168.711845] ? __x64_sys_statx+0xb7/0x100

[ 168.712711] ? x64_sys_call+0x10fc/0x26b0

[ 168.713577] ? do_syscall_64+0xbf/0x500

[ 168.714412] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x1d2/0x8d0

[ 168.715404] ? irqentry_exit+0xb2/0x740

[ 168.716359] ? exc_page_fault+0x90/0x1b0

[ 168.717307] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2026-45965 requires local access, meaning attackers must already have a foothold on the target system.

Exploitation requires some privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

Affected Vendors & Products

Mentioned vendors (from description):
LinuxDebianUbuntu
CPE data not yet available in NVD for this CVE.

Exploit & PoC Resources

NO KNOWN EXPLOITNo public exploit confirmed at this time
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All References (8)

Quick Facts

CVE IDCVE-2026-45965
SeverityNONE
CISA KEVNo
PublishedMay 27, 2026

Recommended Actions

  • Apply vendor patches immediately
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Data sourced from NVD (NIST), CISA KEV, and EPSS (FIRST). Analysis generated by CTIWATCH.COM. CVE data is provided under the NVD usage policy.