CVE-2026-23404

apparmor: replace recursive profile removal with iterative approach

CVE-2026-23404 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23404, released April 1, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0018
8th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
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-default · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.112.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 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 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1.150700.17.33.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.112.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 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_Update_15 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 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 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.112.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.112.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 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-2026-23404 Apr 1, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.74-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23404 Apr 1, 2026
linux · Debian 14 6.19.6-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23404 Apr 1, 2026

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