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. While we're at it, remove the now useless struct path argument.
See: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/21 Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <r...@redhat.com> --- fs/namei.c | 2 +- include/linux/audit.h | 6 ++---- kernel/audit.c | 17 ++--------------- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 9cc91fb..50d2533 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ static int may_linkat(struct path *link) if (safe_hardlink_source(inode) || inode_owner_or_capable(inode)) return 0; - audit_log_link_denied("linkat", link); + audit_log_link_denied("linkat"); return -EPERM; } diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h index af410d9..75d5b03 100644 --- a/include/linux/audit.h +++ b/include/linux/audit.h @@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ extern void audit_log_d_path(struct audit_buffer *ab, const struct path *path); extern void audit_log_key(struct audit_buffer *ab, char *key); -extern void audit_log_link_denied(const char *operation, - const struct path *link); +extern void audit_log_link_denied(const char *operation); extern void audit_log_lost(const char *message); extern int audit_log_task_context(struct audit_buffer *ab); @@ -194,8 +193,7 @@ static inline void audit_log_d_path(struct audit_buffer *ab, { } static inline void audit_log_key(struct audit_buffer *ab, char *key) { } -static inline void audit_log_link_denied(const char *string, - const struct path *link) +static inline void audit_log_link_denied(const char *string) { } static inline int audit_log_task_context(struct audit_buffer *ab) { diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index 7026d69..e54deaf 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -2301,36 +2301,23 @@ void audit_log_task_info(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct task_struct *tsk) /** * audit_log_link_denied - report a link restriction denial * @operation: specific link operation - * @link: the path that triggered the restriction */ -void audit_log_link_denied(const char *operation, const struct path *link) +void audit_log_link_denied(const char *operation) { 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 -- Linux-audit mailing list Linux-audit@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-audit
