Bug 2373638 (CVE-2022-50077) - CVE-2022-50077 kernel: apparmor: fix reference count leak in aa_pivotroot()
Summary: CVE-2022-50077 kernel: apparmor: fix reference count leak in aa_pivotroot()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-50077
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-06-18 12:11 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-06-18 23:53 UTC (History)
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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


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