# CVE-2026-90246: linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  apparmor: fix integer overflow in verify_tags()...

CVE-2026-90246 is fixed in linux on 1 platform by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90246 (version 7.2.6-1), released September 23, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-90246
- Priority: High
- CVSS: 7.1 (high)
- EPSS: 0.0017
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Sep 17, 2026

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  apparmor: fix integer overflow in verify_tags() bounds check  verify_tags() validates the tagset table unpacked from a policy blob. For each set it reads a count and checks that advancing the index by that count stays inside sets.table[]:  	u32 cnt = tags->sets.table[i];  	if (i+cnt >= tags->sets.size) {  i, cnt and sets.size are all u32, so i+cnt is evaluated modulo 2^32. sets.table[] is filled by unpack_tagsets() with aa_unpack_u32(), so every entry is a raw unbounded 32-bit word taken from the policy blob, and verify_tags() is the function that is supposed to validate it.  A count close to U32_MAX makes the sum wrap to a small value, the guard passes, and the inner loop then walks sets.table[++i] past the end of the kcalloc(size, sizeof(u32)) allocation.  Note that sets.size is bounded by 65535, because unpack_tagsets() reads it with aa_unpack_array() as a u16, so the wrap cannot be reached by growing the table; it is reached purely through the attacker-supplied count.  With sets.size = 2 and sets.table = { 0, 0xffffffff }:    i = 0: cnt = 0, guard 0 + 0 >= 2 is false, inner loop does not run   i = 1: cnt = 0xffffffff, guard (1 + 0xffffffff) mod 2^32 == 0 >= 2 is          false, so the guard is bypassed and the inner loop reads          sets.table[2] -- one element past a two element allocation  The walk continues until an out-of-bounds value happens to be >= hdrs.size or the access faults, so a crafted policy yields an out-of-bounds read on the policy load path (aa_replace_profiles -> aa_unpack -> unpack_policydb -> unpack_tags -> verify_tags).  unpack_tags() runs before the perms and DFA tables are unpacked, so no other table needs to be well formed to reach it.  Policy load is gated by aa_may_manage_policy(), which checks CAP_MAC_ADMIN relative to the subject's own user namespace rather than the init user namespace, so with the default unprivileged_userns_apparmor_policy=1 the path is reachable from an unprivileged task in a matched-level nested namespace, not only by a globally privileged one.  Perform the addition in u64 so that it cannot wrap, restoring the intended i + cnt < sets.size guarantee.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | linux Debian 14 | 7.2.6-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90246](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-90246.md) | Sep 23, 2026 |

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