Bug 2562691 (CVE-2026-99129)

Summary:	CVE-2026-99129 kernel: kernel: Security bypass via race condition in SELinux BPF token validation
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition during Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) permission checks for Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) tokens. By altering a token file descriptor between kernel lookups, an attacker could bypass access control restrictions and perform unauthorized BPF operations.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-28 10:50:04 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

selinux: fix BPF token permission checks

Avoid multiple lookups of the bpffs creator SID using the token's file
descriptor when the same information can be found via the resolved
path/dentry (in selinux_bpf_token_create()) or the token itself (in
selinux_bpf_map_create() and selinux_bpf_prog_load()).  Not only does
this simplify the code, it avoids potential TOCTOU issues if the user
changes the token file descriptor passed into the kernel.