CVE-2026-46302

selinux: allow multiple opens of /sys/fs/selinux/policy

CVE-2026-46302 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46302, released June 24, 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
0.0012
1st percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: allow multiple opens of /sys/fs/selinux/policy Currently there can only be a single open of /sys/fs/selinux/policy at any time. This allows any process to block any other process from reading the kernel policy. The original motivation seems to have been a mix of preventing an inconsistent view of the policy size and preventing userspace from allocating kernel memory without bound, but this is arguably equally bad. Eliminate the policy_opened flag and shrink the critical section that the policy mutex is held. While we are making changes here, drop a couple of extraneous BUG_ONs.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.115-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46302 Jun 24, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.0.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46302 Jun 24, 2026

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