[RFC PATCH ghak21 2/4] audit: link denied should not directly generate PATH record

[Richard Guy Briggs]

On 2018-03-08 19:26, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 11:18 AM, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at redhat.com> wrote:
> > Audit link denied events generate duplicate PATH records which disagree
> > in different ways from symlink and hardlink denials.
> > audit_log_link_denied() should not directly generate PATH records.
> >
> > See: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/21
> > Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  kernel/audit.c | 14 +-------------
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> Merged, thanks.

Self-NACK.  Please un-merge this RFC v1 version and merge instead the v2
patch since it removes the now-unnecessary struct path * parameter from
audit_log_link_denied().

> > diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
> > index 4c3fd24..683b249 100644
> > --- a/kernel/audit.c
> > +++ b/kernel/audit.c
> > @@ -2259,31 +2259,19 @@ void audit_log_task_info(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct task_struct *tsk)
> >  void audit_log_link_denied(const char *operation, const struct path *link)
> >  {
> >         struct audit_buffer *ab;
> > -       struct audit_names *name;
> >
> >         if (!audit_enabled || audit_dummy_context())
> >                 return;
> >
> > -       name = kzalloc(sizeof(*name), GFP_NOFS);
> > -       if (!name)
> > -               return;
> > -
> >         /* Generate AUDIT_ANOM_LINK with subject, operation, outcome. */
> >         ab = audit_log_start(current->audit_context, GFP_KERNEL,
> >                              AUDIT_ANOM_LINK);
> >         if (!ab)
> > -               goto out;
> > +               return;
> >         audit_log_format(ab, "op=%s", operation);
> >         audit_log_task_info(ab, current);
> >         audit_log_format(ab, " res=0");
> >         audit_log_end(ab);
> > -
> > -       /* Generate AUDIT_PATH record with object. */
> > -       name->type = AUDIT_TYPE_NORMAL;
> > -       audit_copy_inode(name, link->dentry, d_backing_inode(link->dentry));
> > -       audit_log_name(current->audit_context, name, link, 0, NULL);
> > -out:
> > -       kfree(name);
> >  }
> >
> >  /**
> > --
> > 1.8.3.1
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> paul moore
> www.paul-moore.com

- RGB

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