CVE-2026-80912 json
selinux: reject an unclaimed class value in security_get_classes()
published 2026-09-04 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-14 55 d ago also EUVD-2026-71615
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.153, 6.12.105, 6.18.46, 7.1.10, 7.2
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.105-1
- linux Debian 14 7.1.10-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80912
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-202.212
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1119.126
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1120.130
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1115.121
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1113.117
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80912
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2e7f7035d6f407119ba5467f7218cc4370844fc commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f38a71868888285efc9c0ab5b032e23919c5a0a1 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3480c081c23d559fd9a6921b76955664f2e95153 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0285bb152211c00900136b66d4b420c14a59094 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/099869e9343a5f8c22b58497f074b34f63cbf856 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/841aea4d5a25e16273d04cd07a74142b4687e03b commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8a10899ea3c84b80de72ca8ee9039e9a5156c9a commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/22b05fec62c0fe9864cfceb52f7d0f3a34d9b1dd commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-80912 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: selinux: reject an unclaimed class value in security_get_classes()
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 moreaffected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/d2e7f7035d6f407119ba5467f7218cc4370844fc
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/f38a71868888285efc9c0ab5b032e23919c5a0a1
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/3480c081c23d559fd9a6921b76955664f2e95153
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/e0285bb152211c00900136b66d4b420c14a59094
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/099869e9343a5f8c22b58497f074b34f63cbf856
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/841aea4d5a25e16273d04cd07a74142b4687e03b
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/d8a10899ea3c84b80de72ca8ee9039e9a5156c9a
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/22b05fec62c0fe9864cfceb52f7d0f3a34d9b1dd
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-80912
- NVD CVE-2026-80912
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