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

selinux: allow multiple opens of /sys/fs/selinux/policy

Currently there can only be a single open of /sys/fs/selinux/policy at
any time. This allows any process to block any other process from
reading the kernel policy. The original motivation seems to have been
a mix of preventing an inconsistent view of the policy size and
preventing userspace from allocating kernel memory without bound, but
this is arguably equally bad. Eliminate the policy_opened flag and
shrink the critical section that the policy mutex is held. While we
are making changes here, drop a couple of extraneous BUG_ONs.

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Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-400

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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: allow multiple opens of /sys/fs/selinux/policy Currently there can only be a single open of /sys/fs/selinux/policy at any time. This allows any process to block any other process from reading the kernel policy. The original motivation seems to have been a mix of preventing an inconsistent view of the policy size and preventing userspace from allocating kernel memory without bound, but this is arguably equally bad. Eliminate the policy_opened flag and shrink the critical section that the policy mutex is held. While we are making changes here, drop a couple of extraneous BUG_ONs.
Title selinux: allow multiple opens of /sys/fs/selinux/policy
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-09T07:37:28.496Z

Reserved: 2026-05-13T15:03:33.111Z

Link: CVE-2026-46302

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-08T17:16:48.707

Modified: 2026-06-08T17:16:48.707

Link: CVE-2026-46302

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-06-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-46302 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-06-09T03:45:26Z

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