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As suggested by Paul Moore, fix it by deleting audit_alloc_kernel() and redundant audit_free() calls. Fixes: 5bd2182d58e9 ("audit,io_uring,io-wq: add some basic audit support to io_uring") Suggested-by: Paul Moore Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Peilin Ye --- Change since v1: - Delete audit_alloc_kernel() (Paul Moore) fs/io-wq.c | 3 --- fs/io_uring.c | 4 ---- include/linux/audit.h | 5 ----- kernel/auditsc.c | 25 ------------------------- 4 files changed, 37 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c index 824623bcf1a5..4d8a77a2a150 100644 --- a/fs/io-wq.c +++ b/fs/io-wq.c @@ -634,8 +634,6 @@ static int io_wqe_worker(void *data) snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "iou-wrk-%d", wq->task->pid); set_task_comm(current, buf); - audit_alloc_kernel(current); - while (!test_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT, &wq->state)) { long ret; @@ -670,7 +668,6 @@ static int io_wqe_worker(void *data) if (test_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT, &wq->state)) io_worker_handle_work(worker); - audit_free(current); io_worker_exit(worker); return 0; } diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c index e8e769be9ed0..e0da0d2f71f2 100644 --- a/fs/io_uring.c +++ b/fs/io_uring.c @@ -9208,8 +9208,6 @@ static int io_sq_thread(void *data) set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpu_online_mask); current->flags |= PF_NO_SETAFFINITY; - audit_alloc_kernel(current); - mutex_lock(&sqd->lock); while (1) { bool cap_entries, sqt_spin = false; @@ -9283,8 +9281,6 @@ static int io_sq_thread(void *data) io_run_task_work(); mutex_unlock(&sqd->lock); - audit_free(current); - complete(&sqd->exited); do_exit(0); } diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h index cece70231138..c313df466e6e 100644 --- a/include/linux/audit.h +++ b/include/linux/audit.h @@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ static inline int audit_signal_info(int sig, struct task_struct *t) /* These are defined in auditsc.c */ /* Public API */ extern int audit_alloc(struct task_struct *task); -extern int audit_alloc_kernel(struct task_struct *task); extern void __audit_free(struct task_struct *task); extern void __audit_uring_entry(u8 op); extern void __audit_uring_exit(int success, long code); @@ -580,10 +579,6 @@ static inline int audit_alloc(struct task_struct *task) { return 0; } -static inline int audit_alloc_kernel(struct task_struct *task) -{ - return 0; -} static inline void audit_free(struct task_struct *task) { } static inline void audit_uring_entry(u8 op) diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c index 3a8c9d744800..dd8d9ab747c3 100644 --- a/kernel/auditsc.c +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c @@ -1073,31 +1073,6 @@ int audit_alloc(struct task_struct *tsk) return 0; } -/** - * audit_alloc_kernel - allocate an audit_context for a kernel task - * @tsk: the kernel task - * - * Similar to the audit_alloc() function, but intended for kernel private - * threads. 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Reply-to Address Mismatch=false; Targeted Threat Dictionary=false; Mimecast Threat Dictionary=false; Custom Threat Dictionary=false X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.85 on 10.11.54.10 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 02:51:16 +0000 X-BeenThere: linux-audit@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux Audit Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Peilin Ye , linux-audit@redhat.com, Peilin Ye , io-uring@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Errors-To: linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com Sender: "Linux-audit" X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.85 on 10.11.54.9 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Peilin Ye Currently @audit_context is allocated twice for io_uring workers: 1. copy_process() calls audit_alloc(); 2. io_sq_thread() or io_wqe_worker() calls audit_alloc_kernel() (which is effectively audit_alloc()) and overwrites @audit_context, causing: BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888144547400 (size 1024): <...> hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [] audit_alloc+0x133/0x210 [] copy_process+0xcd3/0x2340 [] create_io_thread+0x63/0x90 [] create_io_worker+0xb4/0x230 [] io_wqe_enqueue+0x248/0x3b0 [] io_queue_iowq+0xba/0x200 [] io_queue_async+0x113/0x180 [] io_req_task_submit+0x18f/0x1a0 [] io_apoll_task_func+0xdd/0x120 [] tctx_task_work+0x11f/0x570 [] task_work_run+0x7e/0xc0 [] get_signal+0xc18/0xf10 [] arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x2b/0x730 [] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x5e/0x180 [] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x20 [] do_syscall_64+0x40/0x80 Then, 3. io_sq_thread() or io_wqe_worker() frees @audit_context using audit_free(); 4. do_exit() eventually calls audit_free() again, which is okay because audit_free() does a NULL check. As suggested by Paul Moore, fix it by deleting audit_alloc_kernel() and redundant audit_free() calls. Fixes: 5bd2182d58e9 ("audit,io_uring,io-wq: add some basic audit support to io_uring") Suggested-by: Paul Moore Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Peilin Ye --- Change since v1: - Delete audit_alloc_kernel() (Paul Moore) fs/io-wq.c | 3 --- fs/io_uring.c | 4 ---- include/linux/audit.h | 5 ----- kernel/auditsc.c | 25 ------------------------- 4 files changed, 37 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c index 824623bcf1a5..4d8a77a2a150 100644 --- a/fs/io-wq.c +++ b/fs/io-wq.c @@ -634,8 +634,6 @@ static int io_wqe_worker(void *data) snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "iou-wrk-%d", wq->task->pid); set_task_comm(current, buf); - audit_alloc_kernel(current); - while (!test_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT, &wq->state)) { long ret; @@ -670,7 +668,6 @@ static int io_wqe_worker(void *data) if (test_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT, &wq->state)) io_worker_handle_work(worker); - audit_free(current); io_worker_exit(worker); return 0; } diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c index e8e769be9ed0..e0da0d2f71f2 100644 --- a/fs/io_uring.c +++ b/fs/io_uring.c @@ -9208,8 +9208,6 @@ static int io_sq_thread(void *data) set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpu_online_mask); current->flags |= PF_NO_SETAFFINITY; - audit_alloc_kernel(current); - mutex_lock(&sqd->lock); while (1) { bool cap_entries, sqt_spin = false; @@ -9283,8 +9281,6 @@ static int io_sq_thread(void *data) io_run_task_work(); mutex_unlock(&sqd->lock); - audit_free(current); - complete(&sqd->exited); do_exit(0); } diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h index cece70231138..c313df466e6e 100644 --- a/include/linux/audit.h +++ b/include/linux/audit.h @@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ static inline int audit_signal_info(int sig, struct task_struct *t) /* These are defined in auditsc.c */ /* Public API */ extern int audit_alloc(struct task_struct *task); -extern int audit_alloc_kernel(struct task_struct *task); extern void __audit_free(struct task_struct *task); extern void __audit_uring_entry(u8 op); extern void __audit_uring_exit(int success, long code); @@ -580,10 +579,6 @@ static inline int audit_alloc(struct task_struct *task) { return 0; } -static inline int audit_alloc_kernel(struct task_struct *task) -{ - return 0; -} static inline void audit_free(struct task_struct *task) { } static inline void audit_uring_entry(u8 op) diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c index 3a8c9d744800..dd8d9ab747c3 100644 --- a/kernel/auditsc.c +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c @@ -1073,31 +1073,6 @@ int audit_alloc(struct task_struct *tsk) return 0; } -/** - * audit_alloc_kernel - allocate an audit_context for a kernel task - * @tsk: the kernel task - * - * Similar to the audit_alloc() function, but intended for kernel private - * threads. 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