[RFC PATCH] audit: minimize our use of audit_log_format()

Ondrej Mosnacek omosnace at redhat.com
Fri Aug 3 06:59:18 UTC 2018


On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 12:24 AM Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com> wrote:
> WARNING: completely untested patch!
>
> There are several cases where we are using audit_log_format() when we
> could be using audit_log_string(), which should be quicker.  There are
> also some cases where we are making multiple audit_log_format() calls
> in a row, for no apparent reason.
>
> This patch fixes the problems above in the core audit code, the other
> kernel subsystems are left for another time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>

FWIW,

Reviewed-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace at redhat.com>

> ---
>  kernel/audit.c          |   37 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  kernel/audit_fsnotify.c |    2 +-
>  kernel/audit_tree.c     |    3 +--
>  kernel/audit_watch.c    |    2 +-
>  kernel/auditsc.c        |   19 +++++++++----------
>  5 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
> index 160144f7e5f9..a0f57f4f9944 100644
> --- a/kernel/audit.c
> +++ b/kernel/audit.c
> @@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
>                         else {
>                                 int size;
>
> -                               audit_log_format(ab, " data=");
> +                               audit_log_string(ab, " data=");
>                                 size = nlmsg_len(nlh);
>                                 if (size > 0 &&
>                                     ((unsigned char *)data)[size - 1] == '\0')
> @@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
>         case AUDIT_TRIM:
>                 audit_trim_trees();
>                 audit_log_common_recv_msg(&ab, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE);
> -               audit_log_format(ab, " op=trim res=1");
> +               audit_log_string(ab, " op=trim res=1");
>                 audit_log_end(ab);
>                 break;
>         case AUDIT_MAKE_EQUIV: {
> @@ -1406,9 +1406,9 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
>
>                 audit_log_common_recv_msg(&ab, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE);
>
> -               audit_log_format(ab, " op=make_equiv old=");
> +               audit_log_string(ab, " op=make_equiv old=");
>                 audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, old);
> -               audit_log_format(ab, " new=");
> +               audit_log_string(ab, " new=");
>                 audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, new);
>                 audit_log_format(ab, " res=%d", !err);
>                 audit_log_end(ab);
> @@ -2021,7 +2021,7 @@ void audit_log_d_path(struct audit_buffer *ab, const char *prefix,
>         char *p, *pathname;
>
>         if (prefix)
> -               audit_log_format(ab, "%s", prefix);
> +               audit_log_string(ab, prefix);
>
>         /* We will allow 11 spaces for ' (deleted)' to be appended */
>         pathname = kmalloc(PATH_MAX+11, ab->gfp_mask);
> @@ -2048,11 +2048,11 @@ void audit_log_session_info(struct audit_buffer *ab)
>
>  void audit_log_key(struct audit_buffer *ab, char *key)
>  {
> -       audit_log_format(ab, " key=");
> +       audit_log_string(ab, " key=");
>         if (key)
>                 audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, key);
>         else
> -               audit_log_format(ab, "(null)");
> +               audit_log_string(ab, "(null)");
>  }
>
>  void audit_log_cap(struct audit_buffer *ab, char *prefix, kernel_cap_t *cap)
> @@ -2134,7 +2134,7 @@ void audit_log_name(struct audit_context *context, struct audit_names *n,
>                 switch (n->name_len) {
>                 case AUDIT_NAME_FULL:
>                         /* log the full path */
> -                       audit_log_format(ab, " name=");
> +                       audit_log_string(ab, " name=");
>                         audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, n->name->name);
>                         break;
>                 case 0:
> @@ -2144,12 +2144,12 @@ void audit_log_name(struct audit_context *context, struct audit_names *n,
>                         break;
>                 default:
>                         /* log the name's directory component */
> -                       audit_log_format(ab, " name=");
> +                       audit_log_string(ab, " name=");
>                         audit_log_n_untrustedstring(ab, n->name->name,
>                                                     n->name_len);
>                 }
>         } else
> -               audit_log_format(ab, " name=(null)");
> +               audit_log_string(ab, " name=(null)");
>
>         if (n->ino != AUDIT_INO_UNSET)
>                 audit_log_format(ab, " inode=%lu"
> @@ -2178,22 +2178,21 @@ void audit_log_name(struct audit_context *context, struct audit_names *n,
>         }
>
>         /* log the audit_names record type */
> -       audit_log_format(ab, " nametype=");
>         switch(n->type) {
>         case AUDIT_TYPE_NORMAL:
> -               audit_log_format(ab, "NORMAL");
> +               audit_log_string(ab, "nametype=NORMAL");
>                 break;
>         case AUDIT_TYPE_PARENT:
> -               audit_log_format(ab, "PARENT");
> +               audit_log_string(ab, "nametype=PARENT");
>                 break;
>         case AUDIT_TYPE_CHILD_DELETE:
> -               audit_log_format(ab, "DELETE");
> +               audit_log_string(ab, "nametype=DELETE");
>                 break;
>         case AUDIT_TYPE_CHILD_CREATE:
> -               audit_log_format(ab, "CREATE");
> +               audit_log_string(ab, "nametype=CREATE");
>                 break;
>         default:
> -               audit_log_format(ab, "UNKNOWN");
> +               audit_log_string(ab, "nametype=UNKNOWN");
>                 break;
>         }
>
> @@ -2245,7 +2244,7 @@ void audit_log_d_path_exe(struct audit_buffer *ab,
>         fput(exe_file);
>         return;
>  out_null:
> -       audit_log_format(ab, " exe=(null)");
> +       audit_log_string(ab, " exe=(null)");
>  }
>
>  struct tty_struct *audit_get_tty(void)
> @@ -2294,7 +2293,7 @@ void audit_log_task_info(struct audit_buffer *ab)
>                          tty ? tty_name(tty) : "(none)",
>                          audit_get_sessionid(current));
>         audit_put_tty(tty);
> -       audit_log_format(ab, " comm=");
> +       audit_log_string(ab, " comm=");
>         audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, get_task_comm(comm, current));
>         audit_log_d_path_exe(ab, current->mm);
>         audit_log_task_context(ab);
> @@ -2318,7 +2317,7 @@ void audit_log_link_denied(const char *operation)
>                 return;
>         audit_log_format(ab, "op=%s", operation);
>         audit_log_task_info(ab);
> -       audit_log_format(ab, " res=0");
> +       audit_log_string(ab, " res=0");
>         audit_log_end(ab);
>  }
>
> diff --git a/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c b/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
> index fba78047fb37..27d29103333c 100644
> --- a/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
> +++ b/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
> @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static void audit_mark_log_rule_change(struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_mark, c
>         audit_log_format(ab, "auid=%u ses=%u op=%s",
>                          from_kuid(&init_user_ns, audit_get_loginuid(current)),
>                          audit_get_sessionid(current), op);
> -       audit_log_format(ab, " path=");
> +       audit_log_string(ab, " path=");
>         audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, audit_mark->path);
>         audit_log_key(ab, rule->filterkey);
>         audit_log_format(ab, " list=%d res=1", rule->listnr);
> diff --git a/kernel/audit_tree.c b/kernel/audit_tree.c
> index 9f6eaeb6919f..f01bce6d1b23 100644
> --- a/kernel/audit_tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c
> @@ -502,8 +502,7 @@ static void audit_tree_log_remove_rule(struct audit_krule *rule)
>         ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE);
>         if (unlikely(!ab))
>                 return;
> -       audit_log_format(ab, "op=remove_rule");
> -       audit_log_format(ab, " dir=");
> +       audit_log_string(ab, "op=remove_rule dir=");
>         audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, rule->tree->pathname);
>         audit_log_key(ab, rule->filterkey);
>         audit_log_format(ab, " list=%d res=1", rule->listnr);
> diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
> index 787c7afdf829..0ce85fe25a53 100644
> --- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
> +++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
> @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static void audit_watch_log_rule_change(struct audit_krule *r, struct audit_watc
>         audit_log_format(ab, "auid=%u ses=%u op=%s",
>                          from_kuid(&init_user_ns, audit_get_loginuid(current)),
>                          audit_get_sessionid(current), op);
> -       audit_log_format(ab, " path=");
> +       audit_log_string(ab, " path=");
>         audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, w->path);
>         audit_log_key(ab, r->filterkey);
>         audit_log_format(ab, " list=%d res=1", r->listnr);
> diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
> index 8b12e525306e..f370930265ea 100644
> --- a/kernel/auditsc.c
> +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
> @@ -954,14 +954,14 @@ static int audit_log_pid_context(struct audit_context *context, pid_t pid,
>                          from_kuid(&init_user_ns, uid), sessionid);
>         if (sid) {
>                 if (security_secid_to_secctx(sid, &ctx, &len)) {
> -                       audit_log_format(ab, " obj=(none)");
> +                       audit_log_string(ab, " obj=(none)");
>                         rc = 1;
>                 } else {
>                         audit_log_format(ab, " obj=%s", ctx);
>                         security_release_secctx(ctx, len);
>                 }
>         }
> -       audit_log_format(ab, " ocomm=");
> +       audit_log_string(ab, " ocomm=");
>         audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, comm);
>         audit_log_end(ab);
>
> @@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ static void audit_log_execve_info(struct audit_context *context,
>                         abuf[sizeof(abuf) - 1] = '\0';
>
>                         /* log the arg in the audit record */
> -                       audit_log_format(*ab, "%s", abuf);
> +                       audit_log_string(*ab, abuf);
>                         len_rem -= len_tmp;
>                         len_tmp = len_buf;
>                         if (encode) {
> @@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ static void show_special(struct audit_context *context, int *call_panic)
>                 audit_log_execve_info(context, &ab);
>                 break;
>         case AUDIT_KERN_MODULE:
> -               audit_log_format(ab, "name=");
> +               audit_log_string(ab, "name=");
>                 audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, context->module.name);
>                 kfree(context->module.name);
>                 break;
> @@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ static void audit_log_proctitle(void)
>         if (!ab)
>                 return; /* audit_panic or being filtered */
>
> -       audit_log_format(ab, "proctitle=");
> +       audit_log_string(ab, "proctitle=");
>
>         /* Not  cached */
>         if (!context->proctitle.value) {
> @@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ static void audit_log_exit(int ret_valid, long ret_code)
>         if (context->sockaddr_len) {
>                 ab = audit_log_start(context, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_SOCKADDR);
>                 if (ab) {
> -                       audit_log_format(ab, "saddr=");
> +                       audit_log_string(ab, "saddr=");
>                         audit_log_n_hex(ab, (void *)context->sockaddr,
>                                         context->sockaddr_len);
>                         audit_log_end(ab);
> @@ -2498,10 +2498,9 @@ void audit_seccomp_actions_logged(const char *names, const char *old_names,
>         if (unlikely(!ab))
>                 return;
>
> -       audit_log_format(ab, "op=seccomp-logging");
> -       audit_log_format(ab, " actions=%s", names);
> -       audit_log_format(ab, " old-actions=%s", old_names);
> -       audit_log_format(ab, " res=%d", res);
> +       audit_log_string(ab, "op=seccomp-logging");
> +       audit_log_format(ab, " actions=%s old-actions=%s res=%d",
> +                        names, old_names, res);
>         audit_log_end(ab);
>  }
>
>
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Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace at redhat dot com>
Associate Software Engineer, Security Technologies
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