In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
apparmor: fix uninitialised pointer passed to audit_log_untrustedstring()
Commit 4a134723f9f1 ("apparmor: move check for aa_null file to cover all cases")
intrdouced a small bug, where path_name() may pass a potentially uninitialized
*name to aa_audit_file() if the path->dentry had been replaced with
aa_null.dentry earlier on. This can lead to page fault like one observed on
7.0.2 openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel:
[51692.242756] [ T24690] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000f00000003
[51692.242762] [ T24690] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[51692.242763] [ T24690] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[51692.242765] [ T24690] PGD 0 P4D 0
[51692.242768] [ T24690] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[51692.242772] [ T24690] CPU: 3 UID: 1020 PID: 24690 Comm: snap-confine Tainted: G O 7.0.2-1-default #1 PREEMPT(full) openSUSE Tumbleweed ab90b4c9940707f9cafa19bdad80b2cec52dbe51
[51692.242775] [ T24690] Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE
[51692.242777] [ T24690] Hardware name: Framework Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen 7040Series)/FRANMDCP05, BIOS 03.18 01/08/2026
[51692.242778] [ T24690] RIP: 0010:strlen+0x4/0x30
[51692.242783] [ T24690] Code: f7 75 ec 31 c0 e9 17 9f 00 ff 48 89 f8 e9 0f 9f 00 ff 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa <80> 3f 00 74 18 48 89 f8 0f 1f 40 00 48 83 c0 01 80 38 00 75 f7 48
[51692.242785] [ T24690] RSP: 0018:ffffd015eb1e3608 EFLAGS: 00010282
[51692.242787] [ T24690] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff89796198a360 RCX: 0000000000000000
[51692.242788] [ T24690] RDX: 00000000000000d1 RSI: 0000000f00000003 RDI: 0000000f00000003
[51692.242790] [ T24690] RBP: ffffffffb7ede090 R08: 00000000000005f5 R09: 0000000000000000
[51692.242791] [ T24690] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffd015eb1e3700
[51692.242792] [ T24690] R13: ffff8977a22bc380 R14: ffffffffb7ec5190 R15: ffff8977a0c8aa80
[51692.242794] [ T24690] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff897f640d8000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[51692.242796] [ T24690] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[51692.242797] [ T24690] CR2: 0000000f00000003 CR3: 00000006ad15f000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0
[51692.242799] [ T24690] PKRU: 55555554
[51692.242800] [ T24690] Call Trace:
[51692.242802] [ T24690]
[51692.242804] [ T24690] audit_log_untrustedstring+0x1d/0x40
[51692.242811] [ T24690] common_lsm_audit+0x71/0x1d0
[51692.242816] [ T24690] aa_audit+0x5a/0x170
[51692.242819] [ T24690] aa_audit_file+0x18a/0x1b0
[51692.242825] [ T24690] path_name+0xd2/0x100
[51692.242829] [ T24690] profile_path_perm.part.0+0x58/0xb0
[51692.242832] [ T24690] aa_path_perm+0xef/0x150
[51692.242837] [ T24690] apparmor_file_open+0x153/0x2e0
[51692.242840] [ T24690] security_file_open+0x46/0xd0
[51692.242844] [ T24690] do_dentry_open+0xe9/0x4d0
[51692.242848] [ T24690] vfs_open+0x30/0x100
While here, initialise variables which are passed down to path_name().
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.1): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.1 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-17). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it