[apparmor] [PATCH] apparmor: fix wrong dentry in RENAME_EXCHANGE uid check

Dudu Lu phx0fer at gmail.com
Fri Apr 24 09:55:21 UTC 2026


In apparmor_path_rename(), when handling RENAME_EXCHANGE, the
cond_exchange structure is supposed to carry the attributes of the
*new* dentry (since it is used to authorize moving new_dentry to the
old location). However, line 412 reads:

    vfsuid = i_uid_into_vfsuid(idmap, d_backing_inode(old_dentry));

This fetches the uid of old_dentry instead of new_dentry. As a result,
the RENAME_EXCHANGE permission check uses the wrong file owner, which
can allow a rename that should be denied (if old_dentry's owner has
more privileges) or deny one that should be allowed.

Note that cond_exchange.mode on the line above correctly uses
new_dentry. Only the uid lookup is wrong.

Fix by changing old_dentry to new_dentry in the i_uid_into_vfsuid call.

Fixes: 5e26a01e56fd ("apparmor: use type safe idmapping helpers")
Signed-off-by: Dudu Lu <phx0fer at gmail.com>
---
 security/apparmor/lsm.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
index c1d42fc72fdb..e8de919fbea6 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ static int apparmor_path_rename(const struct path *old_dir, struct dentry *old_d
 			struct path_cond cond_exchange = {
 				.mode = d_backing_inode(new_dentry)->i_mode,
 			};
-			vfsuid = i_uid_into_vfsuid(idmap, d_backing_inode(old_dentry));
+			vfsuid = i_uid_into_vfsuid(idmap, d_backing_inode(new_dentry));
 			cond_exchange.uid = vfsuid_into_kuid(vfsuid);
 
 			error = aa_path_perm(OP_RENAME_SRC, current_cred(),
-- 
2.39.3 (Apple Git-145)




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