CVE-2026-23268

apparmor: fix unprivileged local user can do privileged policy management

CVE-2026-23268 is fixed in 34 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23268, released March 18, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0015
4th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fix unprivileged local user can do privileged policy management An unprivileged local user can load, replace, and remove profiles by opening the apparmorfs interfaces, via a confused deputy attack, by passing the opened fd to a privileged process, and getting the privileged process to write to the interface. This does require a privileged target that can be manipulated to do the write for the unprivileged process, but once such access is achieved full policy management is possible and all the possible implications that implies: removing confinement, DoS of system or target applications by denying all execution, by-passing the unprivileged user namespace restriction, to exploiting kernel bugs for a local privilege escalation. The policy management interface can not have its permissions simply changed from 0666 to 0600 because non-root processes need to be able to load policy to different policy namespaces. Instead ensure the task writing the interface has privileges that are a subset of the task that opened the interface. This is already done via policy for confined processes, but unconfined can delegate access to the opened fd, by-passing the usual policy check.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.112.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1.150600.12.42.2 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.112.1.150600.12.52.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1.150600.12.42.2 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1.150700.17.33.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.112.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_10 · sles 15.6 16-150600.2.2 SUSE-SU-2026:1613-1 Apr 24, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_12 · sles 15.6 15-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1463-1 Apr 20, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13 · sles 15.6 13-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1505-1 Apr 20, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_16 · sles 15.6 6-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1513-1 Apr 21, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_17 · sles 15.6 4-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1583-1 Apr 23, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_18 · sles 15.6 4-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1527-1 Apr 21, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_20 · sles 15.6 3-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1531-1 Apr 21, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_21 · sles 15.6 1-150600.13.5.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_26 · sles 15.6 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_10 · sles 15.7 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0962-1 Mar 23, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_6 · sles 15.7 5-150700.2.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1447-1 Apr 18, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_7 · sles 15.7 4-150700.2.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1454-1 Apr 18, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_9 · sles 15.7 3-150700.2.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1444-1 Apr 17, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_0 · sles 15.7 14-150700.3.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1458-1 Apr 19, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_1 · sles 15.7 14-150700.2.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1532-1 Apr 21, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_10 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1 Mar 26, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_15 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_2 · sles 15.7 13-150700.2.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1456-1 Apr 19, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_4 · sles 15.7 9-150700.2.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1468-1 Apr 20, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_8 · sles 15.7 4-150700.2.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1469-1 Apr 20, 2026
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.112.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.112.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.112.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.92.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.164-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23268 Mar 18, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.74-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23268 Mar 18, 2026
linux · Debian 14 6.19.6-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23268 Mar 18, 2026

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