CVE-2026-23406apparmor: fix side-effect bug in match_char() macro usage
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.18%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 92% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fix side-effect bug in match_char() macro usage The match_char() macro evaluates its character parameter multiple times when traversing differential encoding chains. When invoked with *str++, the string pointer advances on each iteration of the inner do-while loop, causing the DFA to check different characters at each iteration and therefore skip input characters. This results in out-of-bounds reads when the pointer advances past the input buffer boundary. [ 94.984676] ================================================================== [ 94.985301] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in aa_dfa_match+0x5ae/0x760 [ 94.985655] Read of size 1 at addr ffff888100342000 by task file/976 [ 94.986319] CPU: 7 UID: 1000 PID: 976 Comm: file Not tainted 6.19.0-rc7-next-20260127 #1 PREEMPT(lazy) [ 94.986322] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 [ 94.986329] Call Trace: [ 94.986341] <TASK> [ 94.986347] dump_stack_lvl+0x5e/0x80 [ 94.986374] print_report+0xc8/0x270 [ 94.986384] ? aa_dfa_match+0x5ae/0x760 [ 94.986388] kasan_report+0x118/0x150 [ 94.986401] ? aa_dfa_match+0x5ae/0x760 [ 94.986405] aa_dfa_match+0x5ae/0x760 [ 94.986408] __aa_path_perm+0x131/0x400 [ 94.986418] aa_path_perm+0x219/0x2f0 [ 94.986424] apparmor_file_open+0x345/0x570 [ 94.986431] security_file_open+0x5c/0x140 [ 94.986442] do_dentry_open+0x2f6/0x1120 [ 94.986450] vfs_open+0x38/0x2b0 [ 94.986453] ? may_open+0x1e2/0x2b0 [ 94.986466] path_openat+0x231b/0x2b30 [ 94.986469] ? __x64_sys_openat+0xf8/0x130 [ 94.986477] do_file_open+0x19d/0x360 [ 94.986487] do_sys_openat2+0x98/0x100 [ 94.986491] __x64_sys_openat+0xf8/0x130 [ 94.986499] do_syscall_64+0x8e/0x660 [ 94.986515] ? count_memcg_events+0x15f/0x3c0 [ 94.986526] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 94.986540] ? handle_mm_fault+0x1639/0x1ef0 [ 94.986551] ? vma_start_read+0xf0/0x320 [ 94.986558] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 94.986561] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 94.986563] ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x50/0xe0 [ 94.986572] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 94.986574] ? arch_exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x9/0xb0 [ 94.986587] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 94.986588] ? irqentry_exit+0x3c/0x590 [ 94.986595] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [ 94.986597] RIP: 0033:0x7fda4a79c3ea Fix by extracting the character value before invoking match_char, ensuring single evaluation per outer loop.
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- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.18% · top 92% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 074c1cd798cb0b481d7eaa749b64aa416563c053 – < c7dc56d8b37eda1396feeec3ab1c7ecee5eae31b
- affected 074c1cd798cb0b481d7eaa749b64aa416563c053 – < f16f2e5936c0f5f0d11fdf10d2be3e47e7108e42
- affected 074c1cd798cb0b481d7eaa749b64aa416563c053 – < 1fc94f16098213d01e56c97feed9b3ecf0147a37
- affected 074c1cd798cb0b481d7eaa749b64aa416563c053 – < 5a184f7cbdeaad17e16dedf3c17d0cd622edfed8
- affected 074c1cd798cb0b481d7eaa749b64aa416563c053 – < b73c1dff8a9d7eeaebabf8097a5b2de192f40913
- affected 074c1cd798cb0b481d7eaa749b64aa416563c053 – < 0510d1ba0976f97f521feb2b75b0572ea5df3ceb
- affected 074c1cd798cb0b481d7eaa749b64aa416563c053 – < 383b7270faf42564f133134c2fc3c24bbae52615
- affected 074c1cd798cb0b481d7eaa749b64aa416563c053 – < 8756b68edae37ff546c02091989a4ceab3f20abd
- affected 4.17
- unaffected < 4.17
- unaffected 5.10.253 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.203 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.169 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.130 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.77 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.18 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 6.19.8 – ≤ 6.19.*
- unaffected 7.0 – ≤ *
References
References8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7dc56d8b37eda1396feeec3ab1c7ecee5eae31b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f16f2e5936c0f5f0d11fdf10d2be3e47e7108e42 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fc94f16098213d01e56c97feed9b3ecf0147a37 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a184f7cbdeaad17e16dedf3c17d0cd622edfed8 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b73c1dff8a9d7eeaebabf8097a5b2de192f40913 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0510d1ba0976f97f521feb2b75b0572ea5df3ceb (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/383b7270faf42564f133134c2fc3c24bbae52615 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8756b68edae37ff546c02091989a4ceab3f20abd (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-17834 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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