selinux: reject a class permission count below its inherited common
security_get_permissions() maps an inherited common's permissions into
an array sized by the class's own permissions.nprim, but class_read()
takes that nprim verbatim from the policy image and never checks that it
covers the common. A class that inherits a common of N permissions while
declaring a smaller nprim is accepted, and on load the common's
permissions are written past the class-sized array -- an out-of-bounds
heap write.
Reject a class whose permission count is below its inherited common's.
Well-formed policies, where the class count already includes the
inherited permissions, are unaffected.
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| 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 class permission count below its inherited common security_get_permissions() maps an inherited common's permissions into an array sized by the class's own permissions.nprim, but class_read() takes that nprim verbatim from the policy image and never checks that it covers the common. A class that inherits a common of N permissions while declaring a smaller nprim is accepted, and on load the common's permissions are written past the class-sized array -- an out-of-bounds heap write. Reject a class whose permission count is below its inherited common's. Well-formed policies, where the class count already includes the inherited permissions, are unaffected. | |
| Title | selinux: reject a class permission count below its inherited common | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-03T08:26:35.005Z
Reserved: 2026-08-26T14:34:25.791Z
Link: CVE-2026-80757
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-03T13:06:15.493
Modified: 2026-09-03T13:06:15.493
Link: CVE-2026-80757
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-03T13:30:04Z
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CWE-122
Heap-based Buffer Overflow