Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Apr 2020 13:26:13 +0530 | From | Amol Grover <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3 RESEND] auditsc: Do not use RCU primitive to read from cred pointer |
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On Thu, Apr 02, 2020 at 08:56:36AM -0400, Paul Moore wrote: > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 1:57 AM Amol Grover <frextrite@gmail.com> wrote: > > task_struct::cred is only used task-synchronously and does > > not require any RCU locks, hence, rcu_dereference_check is > > not required to read from it. > > > > Suggested-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> > > Co-developed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> > > Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> > > Signed-off-by: Amol Grover <frextrite@gmail.com> > > --- > > kernel/auditsc.c | 15 +++++---------- > > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > This is the exact same patch I ACK'd back in February, yes? > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-audit/CAHC9VhQCbg1V290bYEZM+izDPRpr=XYXakohnDaMphkBBFgUaA@mail.gmail.com >
Hi Paul,
That's correct. I've resend the series out of the fear that the first 2 patches might've gotten lost as it's been almost a month since I last sent them. Could you please ack this again, and if you don't mind could you please go through the other 2 patches and ack them aswell?
Thanks Amol
> > diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c > > index 4effe01ebbe2..d3510513cdd1 100644 > > --- a/kernel/auditsc.c > > +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c > > @@ -430,24 +430,19 @@ static int audit_field_compare(struct task_struct *tsk, > > /* Determine if any context name data matches a rule's watch data */ > > /* Compare a task_struct with an audit_rule. Return 1 on match, 0 > > * otherwise. > > - * > > - * If task_creation is true, this is an explicit indication that we are > > - * filtering a task rule at task creation time. This and tsk == current are > > - * the only situations where tsk->cred may be accessed without an rcu read lock. > > */ > > static int audit_filter_rules(struct task_struct *tsk, > > struct audit_krule *rule, > > struct audit_context *ctx, > > struct audit_names *name, > > - enum audit_state *state, > > - bool task_creation) > > + enum audit_state *state) > > { > > const struct cred *cred; > > int i, need_sid = 1; > > u32 sid; > > unsigned int sessionid; > > > > - cred = rcu_dereference_check(tsk->cred, tsk == current || task_creation); > > + cred = tsk->cred; > > > > for (i = 0; i < rule->field_count; i++) { > > struct audit_field *f = &rule->fields[i]; > > @@ -745,7 +740,7 @@ static enum audit_state audit_filter_task(struct task_struct *tsk, char **key) > > rcu_read_lock(); > > list_for_each_entry_rcu(e, &audit_filter_list[AUDIT_FILTER_TASK], list) { > > if (audit_filter_rules(tsk, &e->rule, NULL, NULL, > > - &state, true)) { > > + &state)) { > > if (state == AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT) > > *key = kstrdup(e->rule.filterkey, GFP_ATOMIC); > > rcu_read_unlock(); > > @@ -791,7 +786,7 @@ static enum audit_state audit_filter_syscall(struct task_struct *tsk, > > list_for_each_entry_rcu(e, list, list) { > > if (audit_in_mask(&e->rule, ctx->major) && > > audit_filter_rules(tsk, &e->rule, ctx, NULL, > > - &state, false)) { > > + &state)) { > > rcu_read_unlock(); > > ctx->current_state = state; > > return state; > > @@ -815,7 +810,7 @@ static int audit_filter_inode_name(struct task_struct *tsk, > > > > list_for_each_entry_rcu(e, list, list) { > > if (audit_in_mask(&e->rule, ctx->major) && > > - audit_filter_rules(tsk, &e->rule, ctx, n, &state, false)) { > > + audit_filter_rules(tsk, &e->rule, ctx, n, &state)) { > > ctx->current_state = state; > > return 1; > > } > > -- > > 2.24.1 > > -- > paul moore > www.paul-moore.com
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