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CVE-2026-46055 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: Fix string overrun due to missing termination When booting Ubuntu 26.04 with Linux 7.0-rc4 on an ARM64 Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 we see a string buffer overrun: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in aa_dfa_match (security/apparmor/match.c:535) Read of size 1 at addr ffff0008901cc000 by task snap-update-ns/2120 CPU: 5 UID: 60578 PID: 2120 Comm: snap-update-ns Not tainted 7.0.0-rc4+ #22 PREEMPTLAZY Hardware name: LENOVO 83ED/LNVNB161216, BIOS NHCN60WW 09/11/2025 Call trace: show_stack (arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:501) (C) dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:122) print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:379 mm/kasan/report.c:482) kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:597) __asan_report_load1_noabort (mm/kasan/report_generic.c:378) aa_dfa_match (security/apparmor/match.c:535) match_mnt_path_str (security/apparmor/mount.c:244 security/apparmor/mount.c:336) match_mnt (security/apparmor/mount.c:371) aa_bind_mount (security/apparmor/mount.c:447 (discriminator 4)) apparmor_sb_mount (security/apparmor/lsm.c:719 (discriminator 1)) security_sb_mount (security/security.c:1062 (discriminator 31)) path_mount (fs/namespace.c:4101) __arm64_sy…

Severity
High
CVSS
7.1 (3.1)
Published
2026-05-27
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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