aa_put_profile(9)

💅 aa_put_profile(9) 💅

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for aa_put_profile(9), and it is exactly what it says on the tin: refcount decrementing, but make it kernel-core 💖.

✨ NAME ✨

aa_put_profile — decrement refcount on profile @p 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void aa_put_profile (struct aa_profile *p );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• p — profile (MAYBE NULL) 🫶

yes bestie, MAYBE NULL is literally the caveat right there. no cap.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./security/apparmor/include/policy.h 📁
• aa_get_pdb(9)
• aa_put_pdb(9)
• aa_get_newest_profile(9)
• aa_get_profile(9)
• aa_get_profile_not0(9)
• aa_get_profile_rcu(9)

mwah 💋 this page’s source/version is ./security/apparmor/include, and the date on the bottom is October 2026 — so there you go, bestie, footer details secured 🫶👑.