CVE-2026-72243 (GCVE-0-2026-72243)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:54 – Updated: 2026-08-18 06:56
VLAI
Title
selinux: check connect-related permissions on TCP Fast Open
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: check connect-related permissions on TCP Fast Open Similar to Landlock, SELinux was not updated when TCP Fast Open support was introduced to ensure connect-related permissions are checked when using TCP Fast Open. Update its socket_sendmsg() hook to call selinux_socket_connect() when MSG_FASTOPEN is passed.
Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: cf60af03ca4e71134206809ea892e49b92a88896 , < 11406d0d7e11b4e525bb2ace2c70107031d058da (git)
Affected: cf60af03ca4e71134206809ea892e49b92a88896 , < e507633bf76bccf1a6af27771fb0d6e2862b7eac (git)
Affected: cf60af03ca4e71134206809ea892e49b92a88896 , < d028bc080a0dcd6a7f8e1ae1bd32dda696505ba3 (git)
Affected: cf60af03ca4e71134206809ea892e49b92a88896 , < fc633a598206d4f23af782db7c0b5f3a82751d2c (git)
Affected: cf60af03ca4e71134206809ea892e49b92a88896 , < 646ebbc5f2ff9147d084e1213143f091026a611c (git)
Affected: cf60af03ca4e71134206809ea892e49b92a88896 , < 44c74d27d1b9aaa99fa8a83640c1223575262b80 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 3.6
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.6 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.178 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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