[PATCH] apparmor: check accept index + 1 is in bounds

From: Guanglei Zhu

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 08:02:32 EST


aa_lookup_condperms() returns perms[index + 1] when an accept entry has
ACCEPT_FLAG_OWNER set and the subject uid does not match the file uid,
so such an entry consumes two slots in the perms table. But
verify_dfa_accept_index() only checks that index is within the perms
table, so a policy that sets the owner flag on the last entry is
accepted, and the runtime lookup then reads perms[index + 1] one entry
past the end of the table.

The perms table is allocated by unpack_perms_table() with a u16 size
read from the policy blob, so a crafted policy can place the owner flag
at index size - 1 to reach the out-of-bounds read.

Check that index + 1 is also in bounds when the owner flag is set.

Signed-off-by: Guanglei Zhu <zhugl3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Found by code inspection: aa_lookup_condperms() reads perms[index + 1]
for owner-conditional entries, but verify_dfa_accept_index() does not
bound index + 1.

security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
index f1fc48e72..1ea89e9c5 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
@@ -1489,6 +1489,15 @@ static bool verify_dfa_accept_index(const struct aa_dfa *dfa, int table_size)
for (i = 0; i < dfa->tables[YYTD_ID_ACCEPT]->td_lolen; i++) {
if (ACCEPT_TABLE(dfa)[i] >= table_size)
return false;
+ /*
+ * Accept indexes for owner-conditional permissions come in
+ * pairs, so the non-owner entry at index + 1 must also be
+ * in bounds.
+ */
+ if (dfa->tables[YYTD_ID_ACCEPT2] &&
+ (ACCEPT_TABLE2(dfa)[i] & ACCEPT_FLAG_OWNER) &&
+ ACCEPT_TABLE(dfa)[i] + 1 >= table_size)
+ return false;
}
return true;
}
--
2.43.0