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HIGHCVE-2026-23410Published Modified CNA Linux

CVE-2026-23410: apparmor: fix race on rawdata dereference

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fix race on rawdata dereference There is a race condition that leads to a use-after-free situation: because the rawdata inodes are not refcounted, an attacker can start open()ing one of the rawdata files, and at the same time remove the last reference to this rawdata (by removing the corresponding profile, for example), which frees its struct aa_loaddata; as a result, when seq_rawdata_open() is reached, i_private is a dangling pointer and freed memory is accessed. The rawdata inodes weren't refcounted to avoid a circular refcount and were supposed to be held by the profile rawdata reference. However during profile removal there is a window where the vfs and profile destruction race, resulting in the use after free. Fix this by moving to a double refcount scheme. Where the profile refcount on rawdata is used to break the circular dependency. Allowing for freeing of the rawdata once all inode references to the rawdata are put.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
7.8
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
0
Affected Products
2

Fix available

03b8e77c7abab40e6de9ad9de730d77984a4988405.10.2535.15.2036.1.1696.6.1306.12.776.18.186.19.86b6ba87579c7e7c669e0bec91823e7fb693bc5df6ef1f2926c41ab96952d9696d55a052f1b3a94187.0763e838adc3c7ec5a7df2990ce84cad951e42721a0b7091c4de45a7325c8780e6934a894f92ac86baf782cc8871e3683ddd5a3cd2f7df526599863a9d9d8560b9b7932f8cffc4c068c14289220900f79f9761add6d100962a23996cb68f3d6abdd4d1815
Affected packages
  • Linux / Linux
    < 3b8e77c7abab40e6de9ad9de730d77984a498840 (from 5d5182cae40115c03933989473288e54afb39c7c) · < d9d8560b9b7932f8cffc4c068c14289220900f79 (from 5d5182cae40115c03933989473288e54afb39c7c) · < 6b6ba87579c7e7c669e0bec91823e7fb693bc5df (from 5d5182cae40115c03933989473288e54afb39c7c) · < 6ef1f2926c41ab96952d9696d55a052f1b3a9418 (from 5d5182cae40115c03933989473288e54afb39c7c) · < f9761add6d100962a23996cb68f3d6abdd4d1815 (from 5d5182cae40115c03933989473288e54afb39c7c) · < af782cc8871e3683ddd5a3cd2f7df526599863a9 (from 5d5182cae40115c03933989473288e54afb39c7c)
  • Linux / Linux
    4.13
    Fixed in 0, 5.10.253, 5.15.203, 6.1.169, 6.6.130, 6.12.77, 6.18.18, 6.19.8, 7.0
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H