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CVE-2026-80757: selinux: reject a class permission count below its inherited common
- Severity: unknown
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-09-03 · updated 2026-09-03
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: reject a class permission count below its inherited common security_get_permissions() maps an inherited common's permissions into an array sized by the class's own permissions.nprim, but class_read() takes that nprim verbatim from the policy image and never checks that it covers the common. A class that inherits a common of N permissions while declaring a smaller nprim is accepted, and on load the common's permissions are written past the class-sized array -- an out-of-bounds heap write. Reject a class whose permission count is below its inherited common's. Well-formed policies, where the class count already includes the inherited permissions, are unaffected.
Affected products
- Linux kernel: 2.6.23 — fixed in 7.2
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b995966c3ae5244751bdaee9bfe7e17567d4fbe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2002ff745db64ac83ee1bb9ff78196d2d68bfdb3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b7ffd7921fcbfe408fb7b372e47454e45b1e6a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38d91446630a20ce8c2a981810deea81fd61a3b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/638213f2e6ea52c06a25861616781338d154db35
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a82dcd98b6e6e11cfd162410967951f12152528
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a63011c009ea79439b800a05602b880eb4adbb05
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acd5b09be98fd38b7392307880156fb0452a7276
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