CVE-2026-46104 selinux: use sk blob accessor in socket permission helpers

What is CVE-2026-46104?

CVE-2026-46104 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 28 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

selinux: use sk blob accessor in socket permission helpers

SELinux socket state lives in the composite LSM socket blob.

sock_has_perm() and nlmsg_sock_has_extended_perms() currently dereference sk->sk_security directly, which assumes the SELinux socket blob is at offset zero.

In stacked configurations that assumption does not hold. If another LSM allocates socket blob storage before SELinux, these helpers may read the wrong blob and feed invalid SID and class values into AVC checks.

Use selinux_sock() instead of accessing sk->sk_security directly.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-46104?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-46104?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2026-46104 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-46104 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-46104, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46104, GHSA-h7hm-vjhc-hcgc, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46104.