CVE-2026-46055 | apparmor: Fix string overrun due to missing termination

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_sys_mount (fs/namespace.c:4172 fs/namespace.c:4361 fs/namespace.c:4338 fs/namespace.c:4338) invoke_syscall.constprop.0 (arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49) el0_svc_common.constprop.0 (./include/linux/thread_info.h:142 (discriminator 2) arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140 (discriminator 2)) do_el0_svc (arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:152) el0_svc (arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:80 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:725) el0t_64_sync_handler (arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:744) el0t_64_sync (arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:596) Allocated by task 2120: kasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:58) kasan_save_track (./arch/arm64/include/asm/current.h:19 mm/kasan/common.c:70 mm/kasan/common.c:79) kasan_save_alloc_info (mm/kasan/generic.c:571) __kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:419) __kmalloc_noprof (./include/linux/kasan.h:263 mm/slub.c:5260 mm/slub.c:5272) aa_get_buffer (security/apparmor/lsm.c:2201) aa_bind_mount (security/apparmor/mount.c:442) 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_sys_mount (fs/namespace.c:4172 fs/namespace.c:4361 fs/namespace.c:4338 fs/namespace.c:4338) invoke_syscall.constprop.0 (arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49) el0_svc_common.constprop.0 (./include/linux/thread_info.h:142 (discriminator 2) arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140 (discriminator 2)) do_el0_svc (arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:152) el0_svc (arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:80 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:725) el0t_64_sync_handler (arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:744) el0t_64_sync (arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:596) The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff0008901ca000 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-rnd-06-8k of size 8192 The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of allocated 8192-byte region [ffff0008901ca000, ffff0008901cc000) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x9101c8 head: order:3 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:-1 pincount:0 flags: 0x8000000000000040(head|zone=2) page_type: f5(slab) raw: 8000000000000040 ffff000800016c40 fffffdffe2d14e10 ffff000800015c70 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000800010001 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000 head: 8000000000000040 ffff000800016c40 fffffdffe2d14e10 ffff000800015c70 head: 0000000000000000 0000000800010001 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000 head: 8000000000000003 fffffdffe2407201 fffffdffffffffff 00000000ffffffff head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000008 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected Memory state around the buggy address: ffff0008901cbf00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ffff0008 ---truncated---

Published: 2026-05-27 Last update: 2026-05-30 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
NVD Status：Awaiting Analysis，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-46055 is rated Low Risk (30.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-46055

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-28 — 0.02% —

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Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-46055

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.2 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-46055

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-46055

GHSA-mx5h-mw9c-r2fh · Severity: high — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: Fix string overrun...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-46055

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2026-46055 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-46055
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46055
suse — — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46055/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-46055 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 891 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 508, needs-triage 224, ignored 159. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-46055

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-46055

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2026-46055

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