CVE-2026-23404

NameCVE-2026-23404
DescriptionIn 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.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)5.10.251-1fixed
bookworm6.1.159-1vulnerable
bookworm (security)6.1.164-1fixed
trixie6.12.73-1vulnerable
trixie (security)6.12.74-2fixed
forky6.19.11-1fixed
sid6.19.13-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebullseye5.10.251-1
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.164-1
linuxsourcetrixie6.12.74-2
linuxsource(unstable)6.19.6-2

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/ab09264660f9de5d05d1ef4e225aa447c63a8747 (7.0-rc4)
https://www.qualys.com/2026/03/10/crack-armor.txt

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