CVE-2026-80912
Description
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.
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/099869e9343a5f8c22b58497f074b34f63cbf856nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/22b05fec62c0fe9864cfceb52f7d0f3a34d9b1ddnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/841aea4d5a25e16273d04cd07a74142b4687e03bnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8a10899ea3c84b80de72ca8ee9039e9a5156c9anvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0285bb152211c00900136b66d4b420c14a59094nvd
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