CVE-2022-50077 (GCVE-0-2022-50077)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-06-18 11:02
Modified
2025-06-18 11:02
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
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| ▼ | Linux | Linux |
Version: 2ea3ffb7782a84da33a8382f13ebd016da50079b Version: 2ea3ffb7782a84da33a8382f13ebd016da50079b Version: 2ea3ffb7782a84da33a8382f13ebd016da50079b Version: 2ea3ffb7782a84da33a8382f13ebd016da50079b Version: 2ea3ffb7782a84da33a8382f13ebd016da50079b Version: 2ea3ffb7782a84da33a8382f13ebd016da50079b Version: 2ea3ffb7782a84da33a8382f13ebd016da50079b |
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