linux/kernel/auditfilter.c, branch v6.17

audit: fix out-of-bounds read in audit_compare_dname_path()

2025-09-03T20:46:23Z

When a watch on dir=/ is combined with an fsnotify event for a single-character name directly under / (e.g., creating /a), an out-of-bounds read can occur in audit_compare_dname_path(). The helper parent_len() returns 1 for "/". In audit_compare_dname_path(), when parentlen equals the full path length (1), the code sets p = path + 1 and pathlen = 1 - 1 = 0. The subsequent loop then dereferences p[pathlen - 1] (i.e., p[-1]), causing an out-of-bounds read. Fix this by adding a pathlen > 0 check to the while loop condition to prevent the out-of-bounds access. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: e92eebb0d611 ("audit: fix suffixed '/' filename matching") Reported-by: Stanislav Fort Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fort [PM: subject tweak, sign-off email fixes] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

audit: fix suffixed '/' filename matching

2024-12-06T00:22:38Z

When the user specifies a directory to delete with the suffix '/', the audit record fails to collect the filename, resulting in the following logs: type=PATH msg=audit(10/30/2024 14:11:17.796:6304) : item=2 name=(null) type=PATH msg=audit(10/30/2024 14:11:17.796:6304) : item=1 name=(null) It happens because the value of the variables dname, and n->name->name in __audit_inode_child() differ only by the suffix '/'. This commit treats this corner case by handling pathname's trailing slashes in audit_compare_dname_path(). Steps to reproduce the issue: # auditctl -w /tmp $ mkdir /tmp/foo $ rm -r /tmp/foo/ # ausearch -i | grep PATH | tail -3 The first version of this patch was based on a GitHub patch/PR by user @hqh2010 [1]. Link: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/pull/148 [1] Suggested-by: Paul Moore Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs [PM: subject tweak, trim old metadata] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

audit: change context data from secid to lsm_prop

2024-10-11T18:34:16Z

Change the LSM data stored in the audit transactions from a secid to an LSM prop. This is done in struct audit_context and struct audit_aux_data_pids. Several cases of scaffolding can be removed. Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler [PM: subj line tweak] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

lsm: use lsm_prop in security_current_getsecid

2024-10-11T18:34:14Z

Change the security_current_getsecid_subj() and security_task_getsecid_obj() interfaces to fill in a lsm_prop structure instead of a u32 secid. Audit interfaces will need to collect all possible security data for possible reporting. Cc: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org Cc: audit@vger.kernel.org Cc: selinux@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler [PM: subject line tweak] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

lsm: use lsm_prop in security_audit_rule_match

2024-10-11T18:34:12Z

Change the secid parameter of security_audit_rule_match to a lsm_prop structure pointer. Pass the entry from the lsm_prop structure for the approprite slot to the LSM hook. Change the users of security_audit_rule_match to use the lsm_prop instead of a u32. The scaffolding function lsmprop_init() fills the structure with the value of the old secid, ensuring that it is available to the appropriate module hook. The sources of the secid, security_task_getsecid() and security_inode_getsecid(), will be converted to use the lsm_prop structure later in the series. At that point the use of lsmprop_init() is dropped. Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler [PM: subject line tweak] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

audit: use task_tgid_nr() instead of task_pid_nr()

2024-08-28T20:48:28Z

In a few audit records, PIDs were being recorded with task_pid_nr() instead of task_tgid_nr(). $ grep "task_pid_nr" kernel/audit*.c audit.c: task_pid_nr(current), auditfilter.c: pid = task_pid_nr(current); auditsc.c: audit_log_format(ab, " pid=%u", task_pid_nr(current)); For single-thread applications, the process id (pid) and the thread group id (tgid) are the same. However, on multi-thread applications, task_pid_nr() returns the current thread id (user-space's TID), while task_tgid_nr() returns the main thread id (user-space's PID). Since the users are more interested in the process id (pid), rather than the thread id (tid), this patch converts these callers to the correct method. Link: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/126 Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

ima: Avoid blocking in RCU read-side critical section

2024-06-13T18:26:50Z

A panic happens in ima_match_policy: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000010 PGD 42f873067 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 5 PID: 1286325 Comm: kubeletmonit.sh Kdump: loaded Tainted: P Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015 RIP: 0010:ima_match_policy+0x84/0x450 Code: 49 89 fc 41 89 cf 31 ed 89 44 24 14 eb 1c 44 39 7b 18 74 26 41 83 ff 05 74 20 48 8b 1b 48 3b 1d f2 b9 f4 00 0f 84 9c 01 00 00 <44> 85 73 10 74 ea 44 8b 6b 14 41 f6 c5 01 75 d4 41 f6 c5 02 74 0f RSP: 0018:ff71570009e07a80 EFLAGS: 00010207 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000200 RDX: ffffffffad8dc7c0 RSI: 0000000024924925 RDI: ff3e27850dea2000 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffffabfce739 R10: ff3e27810cc42400 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ff3e2781825ef970 R13: 00000000ff3e2785 R14: 000000000000000c R15: 0000000000000001 FS: 00007f5195b51740(0000) GS:ff3e278b12d40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000010 CR3: 0000000626d24002 CR4: 0000000000361ee0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: ima_get_action+0x22/0x30 process_measurement+0xb0/0x830 ? page_add_file_rmap+0x15/0x170 ? alloc_set_pte+0x269/0x4c0 ? prep_new_page+0x81/0x140 ? simple_xattr_get+0x75/0xa0 ? selinux_file_open+0x9d/0xf0 ima_file_check+0x64/0x90 path_openat+0x571/0x1720 do_filp_open+0x9b/0x110 ? page_counter_try_charge+0x57/0xc0 ? files_cgroup_alloc_fd+0x38/0x60 ? __alloc_fd+0xd4/0x250 ? do_sys_open+0x1bd/0x250 do_sys_open+0x1bd/0x250 do_syscall_64+0x5d/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca Commit c7423dbdbc9e ("ima: Handle -ESTALE returned by ima_filter_rule_match()") introduced call to ima_lsm_copy_rule within a RCU read-side critical section which contains kmalloc with GFP_KERNEL. This implies a possible sleep and violates limitations of RCU read-side critical sections on non-PREEMPT systems. Sleeping within RCU read-side critical section might cause synchronize_rcu() returning early and break RCU protection, allowing a UAF to happen. The root cause of this issue could be described as follows: | Thread A | Thread B | | |ima_match_policy | | | rcu_read_lock | |ima_lsm_update_rule | | | synchronize_rcu | | | | kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL)| | | sleep | ==> synchronize_rcu returns early | kfree(entry) | | | | entry = entry->next| ==> UAF happens and entry now becomes NULL (or could be anything). | | entry->action | ==> Accessing entry might cause panic. To fix this issue, we are converting all kmalloc that is called within RCU read-side critical section to use GFP_ATOMIC. Fixes: c7423dbdbc9e ("ima: Handle -ESTALE returned by ima_filter_rule_match()") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: GUO Zihua Acked-by: John Johansen Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler [PM: fixed missing comment, long lines, !CONFIG_IMA_LSM_RULES case] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

audit: remove unnecessary assignment in audit_dupe_lsm_field()

2024-01-25T14:59:27Z

The ret variable is assigned when it does not need to be defined, as it has already been assigned before use. Signed-off-by: Li zeming [PM: rewrite subject line] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

audit: move trailing statements to next line

2023-08-15T22:16:14Z

Fixes following checkpatch.pl issue: ERROR: trailing statements should be on next line Signed-off-by: Atul Kumar Pant [PM: subject line tweak] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

audit: add space before parenthesis and around '=', "==", and '<'

2023-08-15T22:09:20Z

Fixes following checkpatch.pl issue: ERROR: space required before the open parenthesis '(' ERROR: spaces required around that '=' ERROR: spaces required around that '<' ERROR: spaces required around that '==' Signed-off-by: Atul Kumar Pant [PM: subject line tweaks] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore