CVE-2026-23409apparmor: fix differential encoding verification
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fix differential encoding verification Differential encoding allows loops to be created if it is abused. To prevent this the unpack should verify that a diff-encode chain terminates. Unfortunately the differential encode verification had two bugs. 1. it conflated states that had gone through check and already been marked, with states that were currently being checked and marked. This means that loops in the current chain being verified are treated as a chain that has already been verified. 2. the order bailout on already checked states compared current chain check iterators j,k instead of using the outer loop iterator i. Meaning a step backwards in states in the current chain verification was being mistaken for moving to an already verified state. Move to a double mark scheme where already verified states get a different mark, than the current chain being kept. This enables us to also drop the backwards verification check that was the cause of the second error as any already verified state is already marked.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- May 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from 031dcc8f4e84fea37dc6f78fdc7288aa7f8386c3 before ff7c73744fafe944ed9a7b2b7cf6c8d5557a3d84; from 031dcc8f4e84fea37dc6f78fdc7288aa7f8386c3 before 1439150cd3c411228b387ab5efca92199d2a659a; 031dcc8f4e84fea37dc6f78fdc7288aa7f8386c3 builds before 0fab44285445e9012674396d5c1236a67da518e0; from 031dcc8f4e84fea37dc6f78fdc7288aa7f8386c3 before f90e3ecd9e1ed69f1a370f866ceed1f104f3ab4a; from 031dcc8f4e84fea37dc6f78fdc7288aa7f8386c3 before 34fc60b125ed1d4eb002c76b0664bf0619492167; from 031dcc8f4e84fea37dc6f78fdc7288aa7f8386c3 before 623a9d211bbbb031bb1cbdb38b23487648167f8a; 031dcc8f4e84fea37dc6f78fdc7288aa7f8386c3 builds before 1ff4857fac56ac5a90ee63b24db05fa5e91a45aa; from 031dcc8f4e84fea37dc6f78fdc7288aa7f8386c3 before 39440b137546a3aa383cfdabc605fb73811b6093 | CNA record |
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 4.17.1 before 5.10.253; from 5.11 before 5.15.203; from 5.16 before 6.1.169; from 6.2 before 6.6.130; from 6.7 before 6.12.77; from 6.13 before 6.18.18; from 6.19 before 6.19.8; 4.17; and 7 more ranges | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff7c73744fafe944ed9a7b2b7cf6c8d5557a3d84patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1439150cd3c411228b387ab5efca92199d2a659apatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fab44285445e9012674396d5c1236a67da518e0patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f90e3ecd9e1ed69f1a370f866ceed1f104f3ab4apatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34fc60b125ed1d4eb002c76b0664bf0619492167patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/623a9d211bbbb031bb1cbdb38b23487648167f8apatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ff4857fac56ac5a90ee63b24db05fa5e91a45aapatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39440b137546a3aa383cfdabc605fb73811b6093patch
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