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CVE-2026-23268
published 2026-03-18

CVE-2026-23268: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fix unprivileged local user can do privileged policy management An unprivileged…

PriorityP344high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.13%
3.3th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fix unprivileged local user can do privileged policy management An unprivileged local user can load, replace, and remove profiles by opening the apparmorfs interfaces, via a confused deputy attack, by passing the opened fd to a privileged process, and getting the privileged process to write to the interface. This does require a privileged target that can be manipulated to do the write for the unprivileged process, but once such access is achieved full policy management is possible and all the possible implications that implies: removing confinement, DoS of system or target applications by denying all execution, by-passing the unprivileged user namespace restriction, to exploiting kernel bugs for a local privilege escalation. The policy management interface can not have its permissions simply changed from 0666 to 0600 because non-root processes need to be able to load policy to different policy namespaces. Instead ensure the task writing the interface has privileges that are a subset of the task that opened the interface. This is already done via policy for confined processes, but unconfined can delegate access to the opened fd, by-passing the usual policy check.

Affected

47 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.164-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.164-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= b7fd2c0340eacbee892425e9007647568b7f2a3c < a407a078cd41b5261b99d822af784bd9f136eb4da407a078cd41b5261b99d822af784bd9f136eb4d
linuxlinux>= b7fd2c0340eacbee892425e9007647568b7f2a3c < 4cafce4d6d0a66ec27e3af5637c11901d60189fa4cafce4d6d0a66ec27e3af5637c11901d60189fa
linuxlinux>= b7fd2c0340eacbee892425e9007647568b7f2a3c < 33ee909702e047c94aaf41d4eea35626d509802c33ee909702e047c94aaf41d4eea35626d509802c
linuxlinux>= b7fd2c0340eacbee892425e9007647568b7f2a3c < 17debf5586020790b5717f96e5e6a3ca5bb961ab17debf5586020790b5717f96e5e6a3ca5bb961ab
linuxlinux>= b7fd2c0340eacbee892425e9007647568b7f2a3c < 0fc63dd9170643d15c25681fca792539e23f46400fc63dd9170643d15c25681fca792539e23f4640
linuxlinux>= b7fd2c0340eacbee892425e9007647568b7f2a3c < b60b3f7a35c46b2e0ca934f9c988b8fca06d76c6b60b3f7a35c46b2e0ca934f9c988b8fca06d76c6
linuxlinux>= b7fd2c0340eacbee892425e9007647568b7f2a3c < b6a94eeca9c6c8f7c55ad44c62c98324f51ec596b6a94eeca9c6c8f7c55ad44c62c98324f51ec596
linuxlinux>= b7fd2c0340eacbee892425e9007647568b7f2a3c < 6601e13e82841879406bf9f369032656f441a4256601e13e82841879406bf9f369032656f441a425
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.251-15.10.251-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.164-16.1.164-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.74-26.12.74-2
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.19.6-26.19.6-2
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.11 < 5.10.2535.10.253
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.11.0 < 6.6.1306.6.130
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.2035.15.203
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.1696.1.169
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.18.186.18.18
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.18.186.18.18
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.19 < 6.19.86.19.8
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.19.0 < 6.19.86.19.8
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.1306.6.130
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.776.12.77

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_msrc7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
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