Bug 2373638 (CVE-2022-50077)

Summary: CVE-2022-50077 kernel: apparmor: fix reference count leak in aa_pivotroot()
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-06-18 12:11:45 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

apparmor: fix reference count leak in aa_pivotroot()

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.
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-06-18 23:43:49 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025061855-CVE-2022-50077-a544@gregkh/T