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apparmor: avoid per-cpu hold underflow in aa_get_buffer
When aa_get_buffer() pulls from the per-cpu list it unconditionally decrements cache->hold. If hold reaches 0 while count is still non-zero, the unsigned decrement wraps to UINT_MAX. This keeps hold non-zero for a very long time, so aa_put_buffer() never returns buffers to the global list, which can starve other CPUs and force repeated kmalloc(aa_g_path_max) allocations. Guard the decrement so hold never underflows. Fixes: ea9bae1 ("apparmor: cache buffers on percpu list if there is lock contention") Signed-off-by: Zhengmian Hu <huzhengmian@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
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security/apparmor/lsm.c

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@@ -2137,7 +2137,8 @@ char *aa_get_buffer(bool in_atomic)
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if (!list_empty(&cache->head)) {
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aa_buf = list_first_entry(&cache->head, union aa_buffer, list);
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list_del(&aa_buf->list);
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cache->hold--;
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if (cache->hold)
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cache->hold--;
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cache->count--;
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put_cpu_ptr(&aa_local_buffers);
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return &aa_buf->buffer[0];

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