UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23268: High severity ubuntu/linux-azure vulnerability

Q: Who is realistically exposed to exploitation?

Systems with an unprivileged local user and a privileged process that the user can manipulate into writing to an AppArmor policy-management interface are exposed. The issue is local; the provided vector does not indicate remote exploitation.

Q: What does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

The attacker needs local low-privileged access and must first open an apparmorfs interface, pass that file descriptor to a privileged target, and cause that target to write to it. Exploitation depends on the presence of a manipulable privileged process that can perform the write.

Q: What could successful exploitation allow?

Successful exploitation enables full AppArmor policy management, including loading, replacing, or removing profiles. This can remove confinement, deny execution to cause a denial of service, bypass unprivileged user-namespace restrictions, or potentially support local privilege escalation through kernel bugs.

Q: Can this be mitigated simply by restricting policy-interface permissions to root?

No. Changing the interface permissions from 0666 to 0600 is not suitable because non-root processes need to load policy into different policy namespaces. The described fix instead ensures that the writer's privileges are a subset of those of the task that opened the interface.

Published Mar 18, 2026

Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fix unprivileged local user can do privileged policy management An unprivileged local user can load, replace, and remove profiles by opening the apparmorfs interfaces, via a confused deputy attack, by passing the opened fd to a privileged process, and getting the privileged process to write to the interface. This does require a privileged target that can be manipulated to do the write for the unprivileged process, but once such access is achieved full policy management is possible and all the possible implications that implies: removing confinement, DoS of system or target applications by denying all execution, by-passing the unprivileged user namespace restriction, to exploiting kernel bugs for a local privilege escalation. The policy management interface can not have its permissions simply changed from 0666 to 0600 because non-root processes need to be able to load policy to different policy namespaces. Instead ensure the task writing the interface has privileges that are a subset of the task that opened the interface. This is already done via policy for confined processes, but unconfined can delegate access to the opened fd, by-passing the usual policy check.

Affected Software

234 affected componentsFixes available

ubuntu/linux-azure<4.15.0-1200.215~14.04.1

4.15.0-1200.215~14.04.1

ubuntu/linux-aws-hwe<4.15.0-1191.204~16.04.1

4.15.0-1191.204~16.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure<4.15.0-1200.215~16.04.1

4.15.0-1200.215~16.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gcp<4.15.0-1184.201~16.04.1

4.15.0-1184.201~16.04.1

ubuntu/linux-hwe<4.15.0-249.261~16.04.1

4.15.0-249.261~16.04.1

ubuntu/linux-oracle<4.15.0-1153.164~16.04.1

4.15.0-1153.164~16.04.1

ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*

ubuntu/linux<4.15.0-249.261

4.15.0-249.261

ubuntu/linux-aws<4.15.0-1191.204

4.15.0-1191.204

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.0*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.4<5.4.0-1156.166~18.04.1

5.4.0-1156.166~18.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure*

ubuntu/linux-azure-4.15<4.15.0-1200.215

4.15.0-1200.215

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.4<5.4.0-1161.167~18.04.1

5.4.0-1161.167~18.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-edge*

ubuntu/linux-gcp*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-4.15<4.15.0-1184.201

4.15.0-1184.201

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.4<5.4.0-1159.168~18.04.1

5.4.0-1159.168~18.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gke-4.15*

ubuntu/linux-gke-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-hwe*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.4<5.4.0-227.247~18.04.1

5.4.0-227.247~18.04.1

ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*

ubuntu/linux-ibm-5.4<5.4.0-1102.107~18.04.1

5.4.0-1102.107~18.04.1

ubuntu/linux-kvm<4.15.0-1173.178

4.15.0-1173.178

ubuntu/linux-oem*

ubuntu/linux-oracle<4.15.0-1153.164

4.15.0-1153.164

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.0*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.4<5.4.0-1154.164~18.04.1

5.4.0-1154.164~18.04.1

ubuntu/linux-raspi-5.4<5.4.0-1139.152~18.04.1

5.4.0-1139.152~18.04.1

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips<4.15.0-2129.135

4.15.0-2129.135

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips<4.15.0-2109.115

4.15.0-2109.115

ubuntu/linux-fips<4.15.0-1146.158

4.15.0-1146.158

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips<4.15.0-2092.98

4.15.0-2092.98

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips*

ubuntu/linux-fips*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips*

ubuntu/linux<5.4.0-227.247

5.4.0-227.247

ubuntu/linux-aws<5.4.0-1156.166

5.4.0-1156.166

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.15<5.15.0-1103.110~20.04.1

5.15.0-1103.110~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-azure<5.4.0-1160.166

5.4.0-1160.166

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.15<5.15.0-1110.119~20.04.1

5.15.0-1110.119~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde*

ubuntu/linux-bluefield<5.4.0-1116.123

5.4.0-1116.123

ubuntu/linux-gcp<5.4.0-1159.168

5.4.0-1159.168

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.15<5.15.0-1103.112~20.04.1

5.15.0-1103.112~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-gke*

ubuntu/linux-gke-5.15*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.15*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.15<5.15.0-173.183~20.04.1

5.15.0-173.183~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-ibm<5.4.0-1102.107

5.4.0-1102.107

ubuntu/linux-ibm-5.15<5.15.0-1097.100~20.04.1

5.15.0-1097.100~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-intel-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-intel-iotg-5.15<5.15.0-1098.104~20.04.1

5.15.0-1098.104~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-iot<5.4.0-1060.63

5.4.0-1060.63

ubuntu/linux-kvm<5.4.0-1143.152

5.4.0-1143.152

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15<5.15.0-173.183~20.04.1

5.15.0-173.183~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15<5.15.0-1055.55~20.04.1

5.15.0-1055.55~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.10*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.6*

ubuntu/linux-oracle<5.4.0-1154.164

5.4.0-1154.164

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.15<5.15.0-1100.106~20.04.1

5.15.0-1100.106~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-raspi<5.4.0-1139.152

5.4.0-1139.152

ubuntu/linux-raspi2*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.15<5.15.0-1098.102~20.04.1

5.15.0-1098.102~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-xilinx-zynqmp<5.4.0-1074.78

5.4.0-1074.78

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips<5.4.0-1156.166+fips1

5.4.0-1156.166+fips1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips<5.4.0-1160.166+fips1

5.4.0-1160.166+fips1

ubuntu/linux-fips<5.4.0-1130.140

5.4.0-1130.140

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips<5.4.0-1159.168+fips1

5.4.0-1159.168+fips1

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips*

ubuntu/linux-fips*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips*

ubuntu/linux<5.15.0-173.183

5.15.0-173.183

ubuntu/linux-allwinner-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-aws<5.15.0-1103.110

5.15.0-1103.110

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.8<6.8.0-1050.53~22.04.1

6.8.0-1050.53~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure<5.15.0-1109.118

5.15.0-1109.118

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.8<6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1

6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde<5.15.0-1109.118.1

5.15.0-1109.118.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.8<6.8.0-1058.65~22.04.1

6.8.0-1058.65~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gcp<5.15.0-1103.112

5.15.0-1103.112

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.8<6.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1

6.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gke<5.15.0-1099.105

5.15.0-1099.105

ubuntu/linux-gkeop<5.15.0-1086.94

5.15.0-1086.94

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-106.106~22.04.1

6.8.0-106.106~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-ibm<5.15.0-1097.100

5.15.0-1097.100

ubuntu/linux-ibm-6.8<6.8.0-1049.49~22.04.1

6.8.0-1049.49~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-intel-iot-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-intel-iotg<5.15.0-1098.104

5.15.0-1098.104

ubuntu/linux-kvm<5.15.0-1095.100

5.15.0-1095.100

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency<5.15.0-173.183

5.15.0-173.183

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-106.106.1~22.04.1

6.8.0-106.106.1~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia<5.15.0-1098.99

5.15.0-1098.99

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.8<6.8.0-1049.52~22.04.1

6.8.0-1049.52~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra<5.15.0-1055.55

5.15.0-1055.55

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra-igx<5.15.0-1044.44

5.15.0-1044.44

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.17*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.0*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.1*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-oracle<5.15.0-1100.106

5.15.0-1100.106

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.8<6.8.0-1047.48~22.04.1

6.8.0-1047.48~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-raspi<5.15.0-1097.100

5.15.0-1097.100

ubuntu/linux-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.8<6.8.0-106.106~22.04.1

6.8.0-106.106~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-starfive-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-xilinx-zynqmp<5.15.0-1067.71

5.15.0-1067.71

ubuntu/linux-bluefield<5.15.0-1087.89

5.15.0-1087.89

ubuntu/linux-intel-iot-realtime<5.15.0-1096.98

5.15.0-1096.98

ubuntu/linux-realtime<5.15.0-1102.111

5.15.0-1102.111

ubuntu/linux-realtime-6.8<6.8.1-1045.46~22.04.1

6.8.1-1045.46~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips*

ubuntu/linux-fips*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips*

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips<5.15.0-1103.110+fips1

5.15.0-1103.110+fips1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips<5.15.0-1109.118+fips1

5.15.0-1109.118+fips1

ubuntu/linux-fips<5.15.0-173.183+fips1

5.15.0-173.183+fips1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips<5.15.0-1103.112+fips1

5.15.0-1103.112+fips1

ubuntu/linux<6.8.0-106.106

6.8.0-106.106

ubuntu/linux-aws<6.8.0-1050.53

6.8.0-1050.53

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.17<6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2

6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2

ubuntu/linux-azure<6.8.0-1051.57

6.8.0-1051.57

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.17<6.17.0-1010.10~24.04.1

6.17.0-1010.10~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde<6.8.0-1058.65

6.8.0-1058.65

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-azure-nvidia<6.8.0-1039.42

6.8.0-1039.42

ubuntu/linux-azure-nvidia-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-gcp<6.8.0-1052.55

6.8.0-1052.55

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.17<6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.3

6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.3

ubuntu/linux-gke<6.8.0-1048.53

6.8.0-1048.53

ubuntu/linux-gkeop<6.8.0-1035.38

6.8.0-1035.38

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.17<6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2

6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2

ubuntu/linux-ibm<6.8.0-1049.49

6.8.0-1049.49

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency<6.8.0-106.106.1

6.8.0-106.106.1

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia<6.8.0-1049.52

6.8.0-1049.52

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.17<6.17.0-1014.14

6.17.0-1014.14

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-lowlatency<6.8.0-1049.52.1

6.8.0-1049.52.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra<6.8.0-1020.20

6.8.0-1020.20

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.11*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.17<6.17.0-1017.17

6.17.0-1017.17

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.8*

ubuntu/linux-oracle<6.8.0-1047.48

6.8.0-1047.48

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.17<6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.1

6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-raspi<6.8.0-1050.54

6.8.0-1050.54

ubuntu/linux-raspi-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.17<6.17.0-19.19.1~24.04.1

6.17.0-19.19.1~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-xilinx<6.8.0-1028.29

6.8.0-1028.29

ubuntu/linux-bluefield<6.8.0-1017.21

6.8.0-1017.21

ubuntu/linux-raspi-realtime<6.8.0-2040.41

6.8.0-2040.41

ubuntu/linux-realtime<6.8.1-1045.46

6.8.1-1045.46

ubuntu/linux-realtime-6.14*

ubuntu/linux-realtime-6.17<6.17.0-1008.9~24.04.1

6.17.0-1008.9~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips<6.8.0-1050.53+fips1

6.8.0-1050.53+fips1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips<6.8.0-1052.58+fips1

6.8.0-1052.58+fips1

ubuntu/linux-fips<6.8.0-106.106+fips1

6.8.0-106.106+fips1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips<6.8.0-1052.55+fips1

6.8.0-1052.55+fips1

ubuntu/linux<6.17.0-19.19

6.17.0-19.19

ubuntu/linux-aws<6.17.0-1009.9

6.17.0-1009.9

ubuntu/linux-azure<6.17.0-1010.10

6.17.0-1010.10

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde*

ubuntu/linux-gcp<6.17.0-1009.9

6.17.0-1009.9

ubuntu/linux-oracle<6.17.0-1009.9

6.17.0-1009.9

ubuntu/linux-raspi<6.17.0-1010.10

6.17.0-1010.10

ubuntu/linux-realtime<6.17.0-1008.9

6.17.0-1008.9

ubuntu/linux-riscv<6.17.0-19.19.1

6.17.0-19.19.1

ubuntu/linux-vmware*

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

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Fixed in 4.15.0-1200.215~14.04.1
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Fixed in 4.15.0-1191.204~16.04.1
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Fixed in 4.15.0-1200.215~16.04.1
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Fixed in 4.15.0-1184.201~16.04.1
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Fixed in 4.15.0-249.261~16.04.1
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Fixed in 4.15.0-1153.164~16.04.1
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Fixed in 4.15.0-249.261
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Fixed in 4.15.0-1191.204
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Fixed in 5.4.0-1156.166~18.04.1
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Fixed in 4.15.0-1200.215
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Fixed in 5.4.0-1161.167~18.04.1
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Fixed in 4.15.0-1184.201
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Fixed in 5.4.0-1159.168~18.04.1
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Fixed in 5.4.0-227.247~18.04.1
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Fixed in 5.4.0-1102.107~18.04.1
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Fixed in 4.15.0-1173.178
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Fixed in 4.15.0-1153.164
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Fixed in 5.4.0-1154.164~18.04.1
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Fixed in 5.4.0-1139.152~18.04.1
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Fixed in 4.15.0-2129.135
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Fixed in 4.15.0-2109.115
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Fixed in 4.15.0-1146.158
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Fixed in 4.15.0-2092.98
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Fixed in 5.4.0-227.247
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Fixed in 5.4.0-1156.166
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Fixed in 5.15.0-1103.110~20.04.1
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Fixed in 5.4.0-1160.166
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Fixed in 5.15.0-1110.119~20.04.1
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Fixed in 5.4.0-1116.123
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Fixed in 5.4.0-1159.168
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Fixed in 5.15.0-1103.112~20.04.1
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Fixed in 5.15.0-173.183~20.04.1
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Fixed in 5.4.0-1102.107
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Fixed in 5.15.0-1097.100~20.04.1
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Fixed in 5.15.0-1098.104~20.04.1
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Fixed in 5.4.0-1060.63
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Fixed in 5.4.0-1143.152
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Fixed in 5.15.0-173.183~20.04.1
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Fixed in 5.15.0-1055.55~20.04.1
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Compensating control
Ensure that any task writing to an AppArmor policy-management interface has privileges that are a subset of the task that opened the interface.

Event History

Mar 18, 2026

CVE Published

via OSV·06:16 PM

Data Sourced

via OSV·06:16 PM

DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is realistically exposed to exploitation?

Systems with an unprivileged local user and a privileged process that the user can manipulate into writing to an AppArmor policy-management interface are exposed. The issue is local; the provided vector does not indicate remote exploitation.

What does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

The attacker needs local low-privileged access and must first open an apparmorfs interface, pass that file descriptor to a privileged target, and cause that target to write to it. Exploitation depends on the presence of a manipulable privileged process that can perform the write.

What could successful exploitation allow?

Successful exploitation enables full AppArmor policy management, including loading, replacing, or removing profiles. This can remove confinement, deny execution to cause a denial of service, bypass unprivileged user-namespace restrictions, or potentially support local privilege escalation through kernel bugs.

Can this be mitigated simply by restricting policy-interface permissions to root?

No. Changing the interface permissions from 0666 to 0600 is not suitable because non-root processes need to load policy into different policy namespaces. The described fix instead ensures that the writer's privileges are a subset of those of the task that opened the interface.

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23268: High severity ubuntu/linux-azure vulnerability

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is realistically exposed to exploitation?

What does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

What could successful exploitation allow?

Can this be mitigated simply by restricting policy-interface permissions to root?

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is realistically exposed to exploitation?

What does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

What could successful exploitation allow?

Can this be mitigated simply by restricting policy-interface permissions to root?