Not yet scoredPublished Oct 18, 2026

CVE-2026-98534ipe: fix use-after-free when auditing a newly loaded policy

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 7:23 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipe: fix use-after-free when auditing a newly loaded policy new_policy() audits the policy after ipe_new_policyfs_node() publishes it and drops the new directory's inode lock. A concurrent delete can free the policy while ipe_audit_policy_load() is still using it. Audit the successful load under that lock. [FW: remove model name according to latest guideline]

CVSS: Not yet scored
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: Received
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 18, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from f44554b5067b36c14cc91ed811fa1bd58baed34a before b72d6c72b4bfbc021e8e127fa13e0f27d09be737; from f44554b5067b36c14cc91ed811fa1bd58baed34a before 48f7d0233c3cc8d986d1177d0e5dd4af435e7265; from f44554b5067b36c14cc91ed811fa1bd58baed34a before e9015d32752fa228ef2f0e07fd93fc53a4a4c723; from f44554b5067b36c14cc91ed811fa1bd58baed34a before 9814077275eca36ebf8d510d2f076d235ff9f51a	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b72d6c72b4bfbc021e8e127fa13e0f27d09be737
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48f7d0233c3cc8d986d1177d0e5dd4af435e7265
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9015d32752fa228ef2f0e07fd93fc53a4a4c723
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9814077275eca36ebf8d510d2f076d235ff9f51a

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