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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.4 High

CVE-2026-63828

apparmor: mediate the implicit connect of TCP fast open sendmsg

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: mediate the implicit connect of TCP fast open sendmsg sendmsg()/sendto() with MSG_FASTOPEN is a combination of connect(2) and write(2): it opens the connection in the SYN. apparmor_socket_sendmsg() only checks AA_MAY_SEND, so a profile that grants send but denies connect lets a confined task open an outbound TCP/MPTCP connection that connect(2) would have refused, bypassing connect mediation. Mediate the implicit connect when MSG_FASTOPEN is set and a destination is supplied. Add it to apparmor_socket_sendmsg() (not the shared aa_sock_msg_perm() helper, which recvmsg also uses) and call aa_sk_perm() directly, mirroring the selinux and tomoyo fixes. sk_is_tcp() does not cover MPTCP fast open, so the SOCK_STREAM/IPPROTO_MPTCP arm is explicit.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • cf60af03ca4e71134206809ea892e49b92a88896 to < a16714e7cf2baa98ba2efddd5d6cbac641f4e76baffected
  • cf60af03ca4e71134206809ea892e49b92a88896 to < 20383429b56974507c465d016e5238b189f7a246affected
  • cf60af03ca4e71134206809ea892e49b92a88896 to < 7f57428ce00891d26b0f087ef754a4d820ec83aaaffected
  • cf60af03ca4e71134206809ea892e49b92a88896 to < faea60deaa05c76f0772650f42eafde12bd39d93affected
  • cf60af03ca4e71134206809ea892e49b92a88896 to < 07b71c342382b854ab8030b244aeab6a7228ad7daffected
  • cf60af03ca4e71134206809ea892e49b92a88896 to < 4a69b83045d3195d5b9a9b053ad840ddb2998b4eaffected
  • cf60af03ca4e71134206809ea892e49b92a88896 to < 45ebb934ea50b436ce49b2f159f090dab0d7fa28affected
  • cf60af03ca4e71134206809ea892e49b92a88896 to < 4d587cd8a72155089a627130bbd4716ec0856e21affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 3.6affected
  • 0 to < 3.6unaffected
  • 5.10.261 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.212 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.177 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.144 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.95 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.38 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.1.3 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

References