Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

selinux: reject a permission value exceeding the class permission count

perm_read() bounds a permission value by SEL_VEC_MAX but never by the
nprim of the owning class or common, which is taken verbatim from the
policy image. security_get_permissions() then writes perms[value - 1]
into an nprim-sized kcalloc() array, so a class declaring fewer
permissions than its largest permission value drives an out-of-bounds
heap write. The top-level symbol tables are validated this way; the
nested per-class permission table is not.

Reject a permission whose value exceeds nprim, which is already set when
perm_read() runs. Well-formed policies are unaffected.

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Published: 2026-09-03
Score: n/a
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-122

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: reject a permission value exceeding the class permission count perm_read() bounds a permission value by SEL_VEC_MAX but never by the nprim of the owning class or common, which is taken verbatim from the policy image. security_get_permissions() then writes perms[value - 1] into an nprim-sized kcalloc() array, so a class declaring fewer permissions than its largest permission value drives an out-of-bounds heap write. The top-level symbol tables are validated this way; the nested per-class permission table is not. Reject a permission whose value exceeds nprim, which is already set when perm_read() runs. Well-formed policies are unaffected. [PM: tweak comment for line length]
Title selinux: reject a permission value exceeding the class permission count
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-03T08:26:33.797Z

Reserved: 2026-08-26T14:34:25.790Z

Link: CVE-2026-80755

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-03T13:06:15.247

Modified: 2026-09-03T13:06:15.247

Link: CVE-2026-80755

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Updated: 2026-09-03T13:00:04Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-122

    Heap-based Buffer Overflow