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selinux: require every boolean value to be defined
authorBryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@proton.me>
Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:44:12 +0000 (12:44 -0500)
committerPaul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Mon, 3 Aug 2026 20:03:57 +0000 (16:03 -0400)
commita93d37a09b863810653f93d371fb197457d59deb
tree173cb204f90d70fc840cb13e06cc3bc74b901ccd
parent22b05fec62c0fe9864cfceb52f7d0f3a34d9b1dd
selinux: require every boolean value to be defined

p_bools.nprim comes from the policy image independently of how many
booleans follow it, and cond_index_bool() fills bool_val_to_struct[] at
value - 1, so a count larger than the values present leaves NULL entries.
Every user of that array then walks it by index and dereferences each
entry: cond_evaluate_expr() on the access-vector path,
security_get_bools() and security_get_bool_value() behind selinuxfs, and
security_set_bools(). A sparse class value is absorbed by
policydb_class_isvalid() and its siblings; booleans have no such
predicate, and no consumer that could use one.

Reject a boolean value that no boolean defines, once, where the array is
built. Conforming policies define every boolean they declare and are
unaffected.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@proton.me>
Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
security/selinux/ss/policydb.c