[PATCH] apparmor: store return value of unpack_perms_table() to signed variable

[John Johansen]

On 10/4/22 01:45, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> The unpack_perms_table() can return error which is negative value. Store
> the return value to a signed variable. policy->size is unsigned
> variable. It shouldn't be used to store the return status.
> 
> Fixes: 2d6b2dea7f3c ("apparmor: add the ability for policy to specify a permission table")
> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum at collabora.com>

yep, thanks I have pulled this in

Acked-by: john.johansen at canonical.com <john.johansen at canonical.com>

> ---
>   security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c | 12 ++++++++----
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
> index 45c9dfdc8e0d..09f316943951 100644
> --- a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
> +++ b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
> @@ -734,14 +734,18 @@ static int unpack_pdb(struct aa_ext *e, struct aa_policydb *policy,
>   {
>   	void *pos = e->pos;
>   	int i, flags, error = -EPROTO;
> +	ssize_t size;
>   
> -	policy->size = unpack_perms_table(e, &policy->perms);
> -	if (policy->size < 0) {
> -		error = policy->size;
> +	size = unpack_perms_table(e, &policy->perms);
> +	if (size < 0) {
> +		error = size;
>   		policy->perms = NULL;
>   		*info = "failed to unpack - perms";
>   		goto fail;
> -	} else if (policy->perms) {
> +	}
> +	policy->size = size;
> +
> +	if (policy->perms) {
>   		/* perms table present accept is index */
>   		flags = TO_ACCEPT1_FLAG(YYTD_DATA32);
>   	} else {