Bug 2528794 (CVE-2026-80912) - CVE-2026-80912 kernel: selinux: reject an unclaimed class value in security_get_classes()
Summary: CVE-2026-80912 kernel: selinux: reject an unclaimed class value in security_g...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-80912
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-04 17:34 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-20 13:10 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-04 17:34:59 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

selinux: reject an unclaimed class value in security_get_classes()

security_get_classes() sizes an array by p_classes.nprim and fills it at
value - 1, so a class value the policy never defines leaves a NULL.
sel_make_classes() passes every entry to sel_make_dir(), reaching the same
d_alloc_name() dereference as the permission array. The class symbol table
is allowed to be sparse (policydb_class_isvalid() exists to absorb that),
but this getter builds its own array straight from the hash table and has
no such predicate.

Fail the lookup when a value went unclaimed instead of handing out the
NULL. Conforming policies define every class they declare and are
unaffected.


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