CVE-2026-98534 ipe: fix use-after-free when auditing a newly loaded policy

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipe: fix use-after-free when auditing a newly loaded policy newpolicy audits the policy after ipenewpolicyfsnode publishes it and drops the new directory's inode lock. A concurrent delete can free the policy while...

CVE-2026-98534

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel within the ipe component. The issue occurs because new_policy() audits a policy after ipe_new_policyfs_node() publishes it and releases the new directory's inode lock . This allows a concurrent delete operation to free the policy while ipe...