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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\napparmor: validate DFA start states are in bounds in unpack_pdb\n\nStart states are read from untrusted data and used as indexes into the\nDFA state tables. The aa_dfa_next() function call in unpack_pdb() will\naccess dfa->tables[YYTD_ID_BASE][start], and if the start state exceeds\nthe number of states in the DFA, this results in an out-of-bound read.\n\n==================================================================\n BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in aa_dfa_next+0x2a1/0x360\n Read of size 4 at addr ffff88811956fb90 by task su/1097\n ...\n\nReject policies with out-of-bounds start states during unpacking\nto prevent the issue."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\napparmor: validar que los estados iniciales de DFA est\u00e1n dentro de los l\u00edmites en unpack_pdb\n\nLos estados iniciales se leen de datos no confiables y se usan como \u00edndices en las tablas de estados de DFA. La llamada a la funci\u00f3n aa_dfa_next() en unpack_pdb() acceder\u00e1 a dfa->tables[YYTD_ID_BASE][start], y si el estado inicial excede el n\u00famero de estados en el DFA, esto resulta en una lectura fuera de l\u00edmites.\n\n==================================================================\nERROR: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds en aa_dfa_next+0x2a1/0x360\nLectura de tama\u00f1o 4 en la direcci\u00f3n ffff88811956fb90 por la tarea su/1097\n...\n\nRechazar pol\u00edticas con estados iniciales fuera de l\u00edmites durante el desempaquetado para prevenir el problema."}], "id": "CVE-2026-23269", "lastModified": "2026-03-25T11:16:21.197", "metrics": {}, "published": "2026-03-18T18:16:25.907", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07cf6320f40ea2ccfad63728cff34ecb309d03da"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0baadb0eece2c4d939db10d3c323b4652ac79a58"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15c3eb8916e7db01cb246d04a1fe6f0fdc065b0c"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bb7db43e32190c973d4019037cedb7895920184"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9063d7e2615f4a7ab321de6b520e23d370e58816"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://www.qualys.com/2026/03/10/crack-armor.txt"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"}

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