From: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
To: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-audit@redhat.com, teroincn@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] audit: fix a net reference leak in audit_list_rules_send()
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:24:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHC9VhRXxXkaVfStnqXYnGfnPbwVcsau9xt745-_Xzxu7oUC_Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200422190537.frfshym7stqjscih@madcap2.tricolour.ca>
On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 3:05 PM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On 2020-04-21 12:07, Paul Moore wrote:
> > If audit_list_rules_send() fails when trying to create a new thread
> > to send the rules it also fails to cleanup properly, leaking a
> > reference to a net structure. This patch fixes the error patch and
> > renames audit_send_list() to audit_send_list_thread() to better
> > match its cousin, audit_send_reply_thread().
>
> Ok, like audit_send_reply(), looks good to me.
>
> > Reported-by: teroincn@gmail.com
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
Thanks. I just merged this into audit/next.
> > ---
> > kernel/audit.c | 2 +-
> > kernel/audit.h | 2 +-
> > kernel/auditfilter.c | 16 +++++++---------
> > 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
> > index 66b81358b64f..622c30246d19 100644
> > --- a/kernel/audit.c
> > +++ b/kernel/audit.c
> > @@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > -int audit_send_list(void *_dest)
> > +int audit_send_list_thread(void *_dest)
> > {
> > struct audit_netlink_list *dest = _dest;
> > struct sk_buff *skb;
> > diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
> > index 2eed4d231624..f0233dc40b17 100644
> > --- a/kernel/audit.h
> > +++ b/kernel/audit.h
> > @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ struct audit_netlink_list {
> > struct sk_buff_head q;
> > };
> >
> > -int audit_send_list(void *_dest);
> > +int audit_send_list_thread(void *_dest);
> >
> > extern int selinux_audit_rule_update(void);
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
> > index 026e34da4ace..a10e2997aa6c 100644
> > --- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
> > +++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
> > @@ -1161,11 +1161,8 @@ int audit_rule_change(int type, int seq, void *data, size_t datasz)
> > */
> > int audit_list_rules_send(struct sk_buff *request_skb, int seq)
> > {
> > - u32 portid = NETLINK_CB(request_skb).portid;
> > - struct net *net = sock_net(NETLINK_CB(request_skb).sk);
> > struct task_struct *tsk;
> > struct audit_netlink_list *dest;
> > - int err = 0;
> >
> > /* We can't just spew out the rules here because we might fill
> > * the available socket buffer space and deadlock waiting for
> > @@ -1173,25 +1170,26 @@ int audit_list_rules_send(struct sk_buff *request_skb, int seq)
> > * happen if we're actually running in the context of auditctl
> > * trying to _send_ the stuff */
> >
> > - dest = kmalloc(sizeof(struct audit_netlink_list), GFP_KERNEL);
> > + dest = kmalloc(sizeof(*dest), GFP_KERNEL);
> > if (!dest)
> > return -ENOMEM;
> > - dest->net = get_net(net);
> > - dest->portid = portid;
> > + dest->net = get_net(sock_net(NETLINK_CB(request_skb).sk));
> > + dest->portid = NETLINK_CB(request_skb).portid;
> > skb_queue_head_init(&dest->q);
> >
> > mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex);
> > audit_list_rules(seq, &dest->q);
> > mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
> >
> > - tsk = kthread_run(audit_send_list, dest, "audit_send_list");
> > + tsk = kthread_run(audit_send_list_thread, dest, "audit_send_list");
> > if (IS_ERR(tsk)) {
> > skb_queue_purge(&dest->q);
> > + put_net(dest->net);
> > kfree(dest);
> > - err = PTR_ERR(tsk);
> > + return PTR_ERR(tsk);
> > }
> >
> > - return err;
> > + return 0;
> > }
> >
> > int audit_comparator(u32 left, u32 op, u32 right)
> >
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paul moore
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2020-04-21 16:07 [PATCH] audit: fix a net reference leak in audit_list_rules_send() Paul Moore
2020-04-22 19:05 ` Richard Guy Briggs
2020-04-22 19:24 ` Paul Moore [this message]
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