[PATCH ghak82 v2] audit: Fix extended comparison of GID/EGID
Richard Guy Briggs
rgb at redhat.com
Thu May 31 11:42:17 UTC 2018
On 2018-05-31 09:19, Ondrej Mosnacek wrote:
> The audit_filter_rules() function in auditsc.c used the in_[e]group_p()
> functions to check GID/EGID match, but these functions use the current
> task's credentials, while the comparison should use the credentials of
> the task given to audit_filter_rules() as a parameter (tsk).
>
> Note that we can use group_search(cred->group_info, ...) as a
> replacement for both in_group_p and in_egroup_p as these functions only
> compare the parameter to cred->fsgid/egid and then call group_search.
>
> In fact, the usage of in_group_p was even more incorrect: it compares to
> cred->fsgid (which is usually equal to cred->egid) and not cred->gid.
>
> GitHub issue:
> https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/82
>
> Fixes: 37eebe39c973 ("audit: improve GID/EGID comparation logic")
> Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace at redhat.com>
Given what you've turned up while investigating this, I'm comfortable
with the solution you've presented.
Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at redhat.com>
> ---
> kernel/auditsc.c | 26 ++++++++++++--------------
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
> index ceb1c4596c51..3a324ca2fd20 100644
> --- a/kernel/auditsc.c
> +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
> @@ -492,23 +492,21 @@ static int audit_filter_rules(struct task_struct *tsk,
> break;
> case AUDIT_GID:
> result = audit_gid_comparator(cred->gid, f->op, f->gid);
> - if (f->op == Audit_equal) {
> - if (!result)
> - result = in_group_p(f->gid);
> - } else if (f->op == Audit_not_equal) {
> - if (result)
> - result = !in_group_p(f->gid);
> - }
> + if (f->op == Audit_equal)
> + result = result ||
> + groups_search(cred->group_info, f->gid);
> + else if (f->op == Audit_not_equal)
> + result = result &&
> + !groups_search(cred->group_info, f->gid);
> break;
> case AUDIT_EGID:
> result = audit_gid_comparator(cred->egid, f->op, f->gid);
> - if (f->op == Audit_equal) {
> - if (!result)
> - result = in_egroup_p(f->gid);
> - } else if (f->op == Audit_not_equal) {
> - if (result)
> - result = !in_egroup_p(f->gid);
> - }
> + if (f->op == Audit_equal)
> + result = result ||
> + groups_search(cred->group_info, f->gid);
> + else if (f->op == Audit_not_equal)
> + result = result &&
> + !groups_search(cred->group_info, f->gid);
> break;
> case AUDIT_SGID:
> result = audit_gid_comparator(cred->sgid, f->op, f->gid);
> --
> 2.17.0
>
- RGB
--
Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at redhat.com>
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