CVE-2026-23404
MEDIUMapparmor: replace recursive profile removal with iterative approach
Title source: cnaDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: replace recursive profile removal with iterative approach The profile removal code uses recursion when removing nested profiles, which can lead to kernel stack exhaustion and system crashes. Reproducer: $ pf='a'; for ((i=0; i<1024; i++)); do echo -e "profile $pf { \n }" | apparmor_parser -K -a; pf="$pf//x"; done $ echo -n a > /sys/kernel/security/apparmor/.remove Replace the recursive __aa_profile_list_release() approach with an iterative approach in __remove_profile(). The function repeatedly finds and removes leaf profiles until the entire subtree is removed, maintaining the same removal semantic without recursion.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0018
EPSS Percentile
7.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (29)
linux/Kernel
2.6.36 - 5.10.253linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.203linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.169linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.18.18linux
linux/Kernel
6.19.0 - 6.19.8linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.130linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.77linux
Linux/Linux
< 2.6.36
Linux/Linux
2.6.36
Linux/Linux
5.10.253 - 5.10.*
... and 19 more
Published
Apr 01, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 01, 2026