CVE-2026-98534 PUBLISHED

ipe: fix use-after-free when auditing a newly loaded policy

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 18.10.2026 Updated: 18.10.2026

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

ipe: fix use-after-free when auditing a newly loaded policy

new_policy() audits the policy after ipe_new_policyfs_node() publishes it and drops the new directory's inode lock. A concurrent delete can free the policy while ipe_audit_policy_load() is still using it.

Audit the successful load under that lock.

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Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from f44554b5067b36c14cc91ed811fa1bd58baed34a to b72d6c72b4bfbc021e8e127fa13e0f27d09be737 (excl.)
  • affected from f44554b5067b36c14cc91ed811fa1bd58baed34a to 48f7d0233c3cc8d986d1177d0e5dd4af435e7265 (excl.)
  • affected from f44554b5067b36c14cc91ed811fa1bd58baed34a to e9015d32752fa228ef2f0e07fd93fc53a4a4c723 (excl.)
  • affected from f44554b5067b36c14cc91ed811fa1bd58baed34a to 9814077275eca36ebf8d510d2f076d235ff9f51a (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.12 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.12 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.112 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.55 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.9 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc5 to * (incl.)

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