{"cve":"CVE-2026-23404","nvd":{"published":"2026-04-01T09:16:15.977","modified":"2026-06-17T10:21:30.953","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\napparmor: replace recursive profile removal with iterative approach\n\nThe profile removal code uses recursion when removing nested profiles,\nwhich can lead to kernel stack exhaustion and system crashes.\n\nReproducer:\n  $ pf='a'; for ((i=0; i<1024; i++)); do\n      echo -e \"profile $pf { \\n }\" | apparmor_parser -K -a;\n      pf=\"$pf//x\";\n  done\n  $ echo -n a > /sys/kernel/security/apparmor/.remove\n\nReplace the recursive __aa_profile_list_release() approach with an\niterative approach in __remove_profile(). The function repeatedly\nfinds and removes leaf profiles until the entire subtree is removed,\nmaintaining the same removal semantic without recursion.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33959a491e9fd557abfa5fce5ae4637d400915d3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fdc847b107321dec22bf8ecd6019b7af76d7886","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eade846e013cbe8d2dc4a484463aa19e6515c7f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/999bd704b0b641527a5ed46f0d969deff8cfa68b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6a941a1294ac5abe22053dc501d25aed96e48fe"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:28:18.033120106+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-23404","score":0.00184,"percentile":0.07977,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}