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From: Massimiliano Pellizzer <mpellizzer.dev@gmail.com>
To: john.johansen@canonical.com
Cc: apparmor@lists.ubuntu.com, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Massimiliano Pellizzer <mpellizzer.dev@gmail.com>
Subject: [apparmor][PATCH] apparmor: fix incorrect success return value in unpack_tag_headers()
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:21:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260210172159.535137-1-mpellizzer.dev@gmail.com> (raw)

unpack_tag_headers() returns `true` (1) on success instead of 0.
Since it's caller unpack_tags() checks the return value with
`if (error)`, a non-zero success value is incorrectly treated as
a failure, causing tag header unpacking to always even if the data
is well-formed.

Change the success return in unpack_tag_headers() from `true` to 0.

Fixes: 3d28e2397af7 ("apparmor: add support loading per permission tagging")
Signed-off-by: Massimiliano Pellizzer <mpellizzer.dev@gmail.com>
---
 security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
index dc908e1f5a88..221208788025 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ static int unpack_tag_headers(struct aa_ext *e, struct aa_tags_struct *tags)
 	tags->hdrs.size = size;
 	tags->hdrs.table = hdrs;
 	AA_DEBUG(DEBUG_UNPACK, "headers %ld size %d", (long) hdrs, size);
-	return true;
+	return 0;
 
 fail:
 	kfree_sensitive(hdrs);
-- 
2.51.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-02-10 17:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-10 17:21 Massimiliano Pellizzer [this message]
2026-03-18  5:53 ` [apparmor][PATCH] apparmor: fix incorrect success return value in unpack_tag_headers() John Johansen
2026-03-19  8:23   ` Massimiliano Pellizzer

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