CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-46302

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.10%

1th percentile - higher than 1% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the restriction preventing multiple opens of /sys/fs/selinux/policy was removed, which previously allowed any process to block others from reading the SELinux policy. The fix eliminates the policy_opened flag and shrinks the critical section.

Risk Assessment

The risk with the original restriction was a potential DoS attack by blocking access to the SELinux policy. The fix eliminates this risk.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing this fix to prevent blocking of SELinux policy access.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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