From: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx> commit c6b39f070722ea9963ffe756bfe94e89218c5e63 upstream. policy_update() invokes begin_current_label_crit_section(), which returns a reference of the updated aa_label object to "label" with increased refcount. When policy_update() returns, "label" becomes invalid, so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced. The reference counting issue happens in one exception handling path of policy_update(). When aa_may_manage_policy() returns not NULL, the refcnt increased by begin_current_label_crit_section() is not decreased, causing a refcnt leak. Fix this issue by jumping to "end_section" label when aa_may_manage_policy() returns not NULL. Fixes: 5ac8c355ae00 ("apparmor: allow introspecting the loaded policy pre internal transform") Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c +++ b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c @@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static ssize_t policy_update(u32 mask, c */ error = aa_may_manage_policy(label, ns, mask); if (error) - return error; + goto end_section; data = aa_simple_write_to_buffer(buf, size, size, pos); error = PTR_ERR(data); @@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ static ssize_t policy_update(u32 mask, c error = aa_replace_profiles(ns, label, mask, data); aa_put_loaddata(data); } +end_section: end_current_label_crit_section(label); return error;