[PATCH git 2/3] don't allow duplicate inode or watch rules

Amy Griffis amy.griffis at hp.com
Mon Jun 5 17:45:41 UTC 2006


In audit_add_rule(), check the inode hash so duplicate rules can't be
added.

Signed-off-by: Amy Griffis <amy.griffis at hp.com>

---

 kernel/auditfilter.c |   52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

745105541b430c90127a2b7ad1806d995fd793b0
diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index d53a80d..3cedc73 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -880,6 +880,37 @@ static void audit_inotify_unregister(str
 	}
 }
 
+/* Find an existing audit rule.
+ * Caller must hold audit_filter_mutex to prevent stale rule data. */
+static struct audit_entry *audit_find_rule(struct audit_entry *entry,
+					   struct list_head *list)
+{
+	struct audit_entry *e, *found = NULL;
+	int h;
+
+	if (entry->rule.watch) {
+		/* we don't know the inode number, so must walk entire hash */
+		for (h = 0; h < AUDIT_INODE_BUCKETS; h++) {
+			list = &audit_inode_hash[h];
+			list_for_each_entry(e, list, list)
+				if (!audit_compare_rule(&entry->rule, &e->rule)) {
+					found = e;
+					goto out;
+				}
+		}
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	list_for_each_entry(e, list, list)
+		if (!audit_compare_rule(&entry->rule, &e->rule)) {
+			found = e;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+out:
+	return found;
+}
+
 /* Get path information necessary for adding watches. */
 static int audit_get_nd(char *path, struct nameidata **ndp,
 			struct nameidata **ndw)
@@ -1017,16 +1048,18 @@ static inline int audit_add_rule(struct 
 	struct nameidata *ndp, *ndw;
 	int h, err, putnd_needed = 0;
 
-	/* Taking audit_filter_mutex protects from stale rule data. */
-	mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex);
-	list_for_each_entry(e, list, list) {
-		if (!audit_compare_rule(&entry->rule, &e->rule)) {
-			err = -EEXIST;
-			mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
-			goto error;
-		}
+	if (inode_f) {
+		h = audit_hash_ino(inode_f->val);
+		list = &audit_inode_hash[h];
 	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex);
+	e = audit_find_rule(entry, list);
 	mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
+	if (e) {
+		err = -EEXIST;
+		goto error;
+	}
 
 	/* Avoid calling path_lookup under audit_filter_mutex. */
 	if (watch) {
@@ -1046,9 +1079,6 @@ static inline int audit_add_rule(struct 
 		}
 		h = audit_hash_ino((u32)watch->ino);
 		list = &audit_inode_hash[h];
-	} else if (inode_f) {
-		h = audit_hash_ino(inode_f->val);
-		list = &audit_inode_hash[h];
 	}
 
 	if (entry->rule.flags & AUDIT_FILTER_PREPEND) {
-- 
1.3.0




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