apparmor: fix unprivileged local user can do privileged policy management (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.14 % · percentile 4 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
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.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a407a078cd41b5261b99d822af784bd9f136eb4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cafce4d6d0a66ec27e3af5637c11901d60189fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33ee909702e047c94aaf41d4eea35626d509802c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17debf5586020790b5717f96e5e6a3ca5bb961ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fc63dd9170643d15c25681fca792539e23f4640
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b60b3f7a35c46b2e0ca934f9c988b8fca06d76c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6a94eeca9c6c8f7c55ad44c62c98324f51ec596
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6601e13e82841879406bf9f369032656f441a425
- https://www.qualys.com/2026/03/10/crack-armor.txt
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-12910
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-23268
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0697 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0664 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0602 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0546 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0545 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0522 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0520 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0497 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0495 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0453 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0421 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0398 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0397 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0376 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Microsoft · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0369 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.11 < 5.10.253cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.11 < 5.15.203cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.16 < 6.1.169cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.2 < 6.6.130cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.7 < 6.12.77cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.13 < 6.18.18cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.19 < 6.19.8cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected b7fd2c0340eacbee892425e9007647568b7f2a3c < a407a078cd41b5261b99d822af784bd9f136eb4d ; affected b7fd2c0340eacbee892425e9007647568b7f2a3c < 4cafce4d6d0a66ec27e3af5637c11901d60189fa ; affected b7fd2c0340eacbee892425e9007647568b7f2a3c < 33ee909702e047c94aaf41d4eea35626d509802c ; affected b7fd2c0340eacbee892425e9007647568b7f2a3c < 17debf5586020790b5717f96e5e6a3ca5bb961ab ; affected b7fd2c0340eacbee892425e9007647568b7f2a3c < 0fc63dd9170643d15c25681fca792539e23f4640 ; affected b7fd2c0340eacbee892425e9007647568b7f2a3c < b60b3f7a35c46b2e0ca934f9c988b8fca06d76c6 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 4.11 ; unaffected 0 < 4.11 ; unaffected 5.10.253 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.203 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.169 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.130 ≤ 6.6.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |