FAILED: patch "[PATCH] audit: fix the RCU locking for the auditd_connection" failed to apply to 4.11-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.11-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From 48d0e023af9799cd7220335baf8e3ba61eeafbeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 10:16:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] audit: fix the RCU locking for the auditd_connection
 structure

Cong Wang correctly pointed out that the RCU read locking of the
auditd_connection struct was wrong, this patch correct this by
adopting a more traditional, and correct RCU locking model.

This patch is heavily based on an earlier prototype by Cong Wang.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.11.x-
Reported-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 10bc2bad2adf..a7c6a50477aa 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -112,18 +112,19 @@ struct audit_net {
  * @pid: auditd PID
  * @portid: netlink portid
  * @net: the associated network namespace
- * @lock: spinlock to protect write access
+ * @rcu: RCU head
  *
  * Description:
  * This struct is RCU protected; you must either hold the RCU lock for reading
- * or the included spinlock for writing.
+ * or the associated spinlock for writing.
  */
 static struct auditd_connection {
 	struct pid *pid;
 	u32 portid;
 	struct net *net;
-	spinlock_t lock;
-} auditd_conn;
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
+} *auditd_conn = NULL;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(auditd_conn_lock);
 
 /* If audit_rate_limit is non-zero, limit the rate of sending audit records
  * to that number per second.  This prevents DoS attacks, but results in
@@ -215,9 +216,11 @@ struct audit_reply {
 int auditd_test_task(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	int rc;
+	struct auditd_connection *ac;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	rc = (auditd_conn.pid && auditd_conn.pid == task_tgid(task) ? 1 : 0);
+	ac = rcu_dereference(auditd_conn);
+	rc = (ac && ac->pid == task_tgid(task) ? 1 : 0);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return rc;
@@ -225,22 +228,21 @@ int auditd_test_task(struct task_struct *task)
 
 /**
  * auditd_pid_vnr - Return the auditd PID relative to the namespace
- * @auditd: the auditd connection
  *
  * Description:
- * Returns the PID in relation to the namespace, 0 on failure.  This function
- * takes the RCU read lock internally, but if the caller needs to protect the
- * auditd_connection pointer it should take the RCU read lock as well.
+ * Returns the PID in relation to the namespace, 0 on failure.
  */
-static pid_t auditd_pid_vnr(const struct auditd_connection *auditd)
+static pid_t auditd_pid_vnr(void)
 {
 	pid_t pid;
+	const struct auditd_connection *ac;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (!auditd || !auditd->pid)
+	ac = rcu_dereference(auditd_conn);
+	if (!ac || !ac->pid)
 		pid = 0;
 	else
-		pid = pid_vnr(auditd->pid);
+		pid = pid_vnr(ac->pid);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return pid;
@@ -434,6 +436,24 @@ static int audit_set_failure(u32 state)
 }
 
 /**
+ * auditd_conn_free - RCU helper to release an auditd connection struct
+ * @rcu: RCU head
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Drop any references inside the auditd connection tracking struct and free
+ * the memory.
+ */
+ static void auditd_conn_free(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+ {
+	struct auditd_connection *ac;
+
+	ac = container_of(rcu, struct auditd_connection, rcu);
+	put_pid(ac->pid);
+	put_net(ac->net);
+	kfree(ac);
+ }
+
+/**
  * auditd_set - Set/Reset the auditd connection state
  * @pid: auditd PID
  * @portid: auditd netlink portid
@@ -441,27 +461,33 @@ static int audit_set_failure(u32 state)
  *
  * Description:
  * This function will obtain and drop network namespace references as
- * necessary.
+ * necessary.  Returns zero on success, negative values on failure.
  */
-static void auditd_set(struct pid *pid, u32 portid, struct net *net)
+static int auditd_set(struct pid *pid, u32 portid, struct net *net)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
+	struct auditd_connection *ac_old, *ac_new;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&auditd_conn.lock, flags);
-	if (auditd_conn.pid)
-		put_pid(auditd_conn.pid);
-	if (pid)
-		auditd_conn.pid = get_pid(pid);
-	else
-		auditd_conn.pid = NULL;
-	auditd_conn.portid = portid;
-	if (auditd_conn.net)
-		put_net(auditd_conn.net);
-	if (net)
-		auditd_conn.net = get_net(net);
-	else
-		auditd_conn.net = NULL;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&auditd_conn.lock, flags);
+	if (!pid || !net)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ac_new = kzalloc(sizeof(*ac_new), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ac_new)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	ac_new->pid = get_pid(pid);
+	ac_new->portid = portid;
+	ac_new->net = get_net(net);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&auditd_conn_lock, flags);
+	ac_old = rcu_dereference_protected(auditd_conn,
+					   lockdep_is_held(&auditd_conn_lock));
+	rcu_assign_pointer(auditd_conn, ac_new);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&auditd_conn_lock, flags);
+
+	if (ac_old)
+		call_rcu(&ac_old->rcu, auditd_conn_free);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -556,13 +582,19 @@ static void kauditd_retry_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
  */
 static void auditd_reset(void)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	struct auditd_connection *ac_old;
 
 	/* if it isn't already broken, break the connection */
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (auditd_conn.pid)
-		auditd_set(0, 0, NULL);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&auditd_conn_lock, flags);
+	ac_old = rcu_dereference_protected(auditd_conn,
+					   lockdep_is_held(&auditd_conn_lock));
+	rcu_assign_pointer(auditd_conn, NULL);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&auditd_conn_lock, flags);
+
+	if (ac_old)
+		call_rcu(&ac_old->rcu, auditd_conn_free);
 
 	/* flush all of the main and retry queues to the hold queue */
 	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&audit_retry_queue)))
@@ -588,6 +620,7 @@ static int auditd_send_unicast_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	u32 portid;
 	struct net *net;
 	struct sock *sk;
+	struct auditd_connection *ac;
 
 	/* NOTE: we can't call netlink_unicast while in the RCU section so
 	 *       take a reference to the network namespace and grab local
@@ -597,15 +630,15 @@ static int auditd_send_unicast_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 *       section netlink_unicast() should safely return an error */
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (!auditd_conn.pid) {
+	ac = rcu_dereference(auditd_conn);
+	if (!ac) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		rc = -ECONNREFUSED;
 		goto err;
 	}
-	net = auditd_conn.net;
-	get_net(net);
+	net = get_net(ac->net);
 	sk = audit_get_sk(net);
-	portid = auditd_conn.portid;
+	portid = ac->portid;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	rc = netlink_unicast(sk, skb, portid, 0);
@@ -740,6 +773,7 @@ static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
 	u32 portid = 0;
 	struct net *net = NULL;
 	struct sock *sk = NULL;
+	struct auditd_connection *ac;
 
 #define UNICAST_RETRIES 5
 
@@ -747,14 +781,14 @@ static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 		/* NOTE: see the lock comments in auditd_send_unicast_skb() */
 		rcu_read_lock();
-		if (!auditd_conn.pid) {
+		ac = rcu_dereference(auditd_conn);
+		if (!ac) {
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 			goto main_queue;
 		}
-		net = auditd_conn.net;
-		get_net(net);
+		net = get_net(ac->net);
 		sk = audit_get_sk(net);
-		portid = auditd_conn.portid;
+		portid = ac->portid;
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 
 		/* attempt to flush the hold queue */
@@ -1117,7 +1151,7 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 		s.failure		= audit_failure;
 		/* NOTE: use pid_vnr() so the PID is relative to the current
 		 *       namespace */
-		s.pid			= auditd_pid_vnr(&auditd_conn);
+		s.pid			= auditd_pid_vnr();
 		s.rate_limit		= audit_rate_limit;
 		s.backlog_limit		= audit_backlog_limit;
 		s.lost			= atomic_read(&audit_lost);
@@ -1160,7 +1194,7 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 			/* test the auditd connection */
 			audit_replace(req_pid);
 
-			auditd_pid = auditd_pid_vnr(&auditd_conn);
+			auditd_pid = auditd_pid_vnr();
 			/* only the current auditd can unregister itself */
 			if ((!new_pid) && (new_pid != auditd_pid)) {
 				audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid,
@@ -1174,19 +1208,30 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 				return -EEXIST;
 			}
 
-			if (audit_enabled != AUDIT_OFF)
-				audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid,
-							auditd_pid, 1);
-
 			if (new_pid) {
 				/* register a new auditd connection */
-				auditd_set(req_pid, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid,
-					   sock_net(NETLINK_CB(skb).sk));
+				err = auditd_set(req_pid,
+						 NETLINK_CB(skb).portid,
+						 sock_net(NETLINK_CB(skb).sk));
+				if (audit_enabled != AUDIT_OFF)
+					audit_log_config_change("audit_pid",
+								new_pid,
+								auditd_pid,
+								err ? 0 : 1);
+				if (err)
+					return err;
+
 				/* try to process any backlog */
 				wake_up_interruptible(&kauditd_wait);
-			} else
+			} else {
+				if (audit_enabled != AUDIT_OFF)
+					audit_log_config_change("audit_pid",
+								new_pid,
+								auditd_pid, 1);
+
 				/* unregister the auditd connection */
 				auditd_reset();
+			}
 		}
 		if (s.mask & AUDIT_STATUS_RATE_LIMIT) {
 			err = audit_set_rate_limit(s.rate_limit);
@@ -1454,10 +1499,11 @@ static void __net_exit audit_net_exit(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct audit_net *aunet = net_generic(net, audit_net_id);
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (net == auditd_conn.net)
-		auditd_reset();
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	/* NOTE: you would think that we would want to check the auditd
+	 * connection and potentially reset it here if it lives in this
+	 * namespace, but since the auditd connection tracking struct holds a
+	 * reference to this namespace (see auditd_set()) we are only ever
+	 * going to get here after that connection has been released */
 
 	netlink_kernel_release(aunet->sk);
 }
@@ -1481,9 +1527,6 @@ static int __init audit_init(void)
 					       sizeof(struct audit_buffer),
 					       0, SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
 
-	memset(&auditd_conn, 0, sizeof(auditd_conn));
-	spin_lock_init(&auditd_conn.lock);
-
 	skb_queue_head_init(&audit_queue);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&audit_retry_queue);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&audit_hold_queue);