Re: [PATCH V5] audit: save signal match info in case entry passed in is the one deleted

From: Paul Moore
Date: Wed Aug 05 2015 - 11:12:19 EST


On Wednesday, August 05, 2015 05:23:10 AM Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> Move the access to the entry for audit_match_signal() to the beginning of
> the function in case the entry found is the same one passed in. This will
> enable it to be used by audit_remove_mark_rule().
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Revision history:
> v4 -> v5:
> Move mutex_unlock after out label.
> Move list_del group after test for signal to remove temp variable.
>
> ---
> This patch was split out from the audit by executable path patch set due to
> the potential to use it elsewhere.
>
> In particular, some questions came up while assessing the potential for code
> reuse:
>
> Why does audit_remove_parent_watches() not call audit_del_rule() for
> each entry found?
> Is audit_signals not properly decremented?
> Is audit_n_rules not properly decremented?
>
> Why does kill_rules() not call audit_del_rule() for each entry
> found? Is audit_signals not properly decremented?
> Is audit_n_rules not properly decremented?
>
> kernel/auditfilter.c | 13 ++++++++-----
> 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
> index 4cb9b44..1b110fb 100644
> --- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
> +++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
> @@ -953,7 +953,6 @@ static inline int audit_del_rule(struct audit_entry
> *entry) mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex);
> e = audit_find_rule(entry, &list);
> if (!e) {
> - mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
> ret = -ENOENT;
> goto out;
> }
> @@ -964,9 +963,8 @@ static inline int audit_del_rule(struct audit_entry
> *entry) if (e->rule.tree)
> audit_remove_tree_rule(&e->rule);
>
> - list_del_rcu(&e->list);
> - list_del(&e->rule.list);
> - call_rcu(&e->rcu, audit_free_rule_rcu);
> + if (e->rule.exe)
> + audit_remove_mark_rule(&e->rule);

What?

I think you munged a cut n' paste somehow. This code doesn't even compile.

> #ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
> if (!dont_count)
> @@ -975,9 +973,14 @@ static inline int audit_del_rule(struct audit_entry
> *entry) if (!audit_match_signal(entry))
> audit_signals--;
> #endif
> - mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
> +
> + list_del_rcu(&e->list);
> + list_del(&e->rule.list);
> + call_rcu(&e->rcu, audit_free_rule_rcu);
>
> out:
> + mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
> +
> if (tree)
> audit_put_tree(tree); /* that's the temporary one */

--
paul moore
security @ redhat

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