CVE-2022-50860
apparmor: Fix memleak in alloc_ns()
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: Fix memleak in alloc_ns() After changes in commit a1bd627b46d1 ("apparmor: share profile name on replacement"), the hname member of struct aa_policy is not valid slab object, but a subset of that, it can not be freed by kfree_sensitive(), use aa_policy_destroy() to fix it.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 30, 2025, 1:16 p.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 30, 2025, 1:16 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Solution
- Apply the fix for the AppArmor memleak in alloc_ns().
- Ensure aa_policy_destroy() is used for policy object cleanup.
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New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Dec. 30, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: Fix memleak in alloc_ns() After changes in commit a1bd627b46d1 ("apparmor: share profile name on replacement"), the hname member of struct aa_policy is not valid slab object, but a subset of that, it can not be freed by kfree_sensitive(), use aa_policy_destroy() to fix it. Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0250cf8d37bb5201a117177afd24dc73a1c81657 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12695b4b76d437b9c0182a6f7dfb2248013a9daf Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f509fa740b17307f0cba412485072f632d5af36 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a32aa87a25d800b2c6f47bc2749a7bfd9a486f3 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9e6fa49dbab6d84c676666f3fe7d360497fd65b