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Date:   Thu, 19 May 2022 01:58:11 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] apparmor: fix reference count leak in aa_pivotroot()
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To:     Xin Xiong <xiongx18@fudan.edu.cn>,
        James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
        Seth Arnold <seth.arnold@canonical.com>,
        linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     yuanxzhang@fudan.edu.cn, Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn>,
        Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@gmail.com>
References: <20220428033907.1658-1-xiongx18@fudan.edu.cn>
From:   John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
Organization: Canonical
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On 4/27/22 20:39, Xin Xiong wrote:
> The aa_pivotroot() function has a reference counting bug in a specific
> path. When aa_replace_current_label() returns on success, the function
> forgets to decrement the reference count of “target”, which is
> increased earlier by build_pivotroot(), causing a reference leak.
> 
> Fix it by decreasing the refcount of “target” in that path.
> 
> Fixes: 2ea3ffb7782a ("apparmor: add mount mediation")
> Co-developed-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn>
> Co-developed-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Xiong <xiongx18@fudan.edu.cn>

thanks I have pulled it into my tree

Acked-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>


> ---
>  security/apparmor/mount.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/security/apparmor/mount.c b/security/apparmor/mount.c
> index aa6fcfde3051..d0b19ab9137d 100644
> --- a/security/apparmor/mount.c
> +++ b/security/apparmor/mount.c
> @@ -718,6 +718,7 @@ int aa_pivotroot(struct aa_label *label, const struct path *old_path,
>  			aa_put_label(target);
>  			goto out;
>  		}
> +		aa_put_label(target);
>  	} else
>  		/* already audited error */
>  		error = PTR_ERR(target);