High 7.8Published Apr 1, 2026

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

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 11:50 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: Aug 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	5d5182cae40115c03933989473288e54afb39c7c builds before 3b8e77c7abab40e6de9ad9de730d77984a498840; from 5d5182cae40115c03933989473288e54afb39c7c before d9d8560b9b7932f8cffc4c068c14289220900f79; from 5d5182cae40115c03933989473288e54afb39c7c before 6b6ba87579c7e7c669e0bec91823e7fb693bc5df; from 5d5182cae40115c03933989473288e54afb39c7c before 6ef1f2926c41ab96952d9696d55a052f1b3a9418; from 5d5182cae40115c03933989473288e54afb39c7c before f9761add6d100962a23996cb68f3d6abdd4d1815; from 5d5182cae40115c03933989473288e54afb39c7c before af782cc8871e3683ddd5a3cd2f7df526599863a9; from 5d5182cae40115c03933989473288e54afb39c7c before 763e838adc3c7ec5a7df2990ce84cad951e42721; from 5d5182cae40115c03933989473288e54afb39c7c before a0b7091c4de45a7325c8780e6934a894f92ac86b	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 4.13.1 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; 4.13; and 7 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b8e77c7abab40e6de9ad9de730d77984a498840	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9d8560b9b7932f8cffc4c068c14289220900f79	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b6ba87579c7e7c669e0bec91823e7fb693bc5df	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ef1f2926c41ab96952d9696d55a052f1b3a9418	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9761add6d100962a23996cb68f3d6abdd4d1815	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af782cc8871e3683ddd5a3cd2f7df526599863a9	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/763e838adc3c7ec5a7df2990ce84cad951e42721	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0b7091c4de45a7325c8780e6934a894f92ac86b	patch

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