CVE-2026-23269

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: validate DFA start states are in bounds in unpack_pdb Start states are read from untrusted data and used as indexes into the DFA state tables. The aa_dfa_next() function call in unpack_pdb() will access dfa->tables[YYTD_ID_BASE][start], and if the start state exceeds the number of states in the DFA, this results in an out-of-bound read. ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in aa_dfa_next+0x2a1/0x360 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88811956fb90 by task su/1097 ... Reject policies with out-of-bounds start states during unpacking to prevent the issue.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.1
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMar 18, 2026
First seenMar 18, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.10.253, 5.15.203, 6.1.169, 6.6.130, 6.12.77, 6.18.18, 6.19.8 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel3.4 ≤ v < 5.10.253, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.203, 5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.169, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.6.130, 6.7 ≤ v < 6.12.77, 6.13 ≤ v < 6.18.18, 6.19 ≤ v < 6.19.8, 7.05.10.253, 5.15.203, 6.1.169, 6.6.130, 6.12.77, 6.18.18, 6.19.8

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