Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
selinux: ignore unknown extended permissions
When evaluating extended permissions, ignore unknown permissions instead of calling BUG(). This commit ensures that future permissions can be added without interfering with older kernels.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- linux @ 4.15.0 (+7 more)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
selinux: ignore unknown extended permissions
When evaluating extended permissions, ignore unknown permissions instead of calling BUG(). This commit ensures that future permissions can be added without interfering with older kernels.