[PATCH v3] audit,module: restore audit logging in load failure case

[PATCH v3] audit,module: restore audit logging in load failure case

[Richard Guy Briggs]

The move of the module sanity check to earlier skipped the audit logging
call in the case of failure and to a place where the previously used
context is unavailable.

Add an audit logging call for the module loading failure case and get
the module name when possible.

Link: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-52839
Fixes: 02da2cbab452 ("module: move check_modinfo() early to early_mod_check()")
Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
---
Changelog:
v2
- use info->name for both audit_log_kern_module() calls and add const
v3
- use "?" rather than "(unavailable)" for consistency with other records
---
 include/linux/audit.h | 9 ++++-----
 kernel/audit.h        | 2 +-
 kernel/auditsc.c      | 2 +-
 kernel/module/main.c  | 6 ++++--
 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 0050ef288ab3..a394614ccd0b 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ extern int __audit_log_bprm_fcaps(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 extern void __audit_log_capset(const struct cred *new, const struct cred *old);
 extern void __audit_mmap_fd(int fd, int flags);
 extern void __audit_openat2_how(struct open_how *how);
-extern void __audit_log_kern_module(char *name);
+extern void __audit_log_kern_module(const char *name);
 extern void __audit_fanotify(u32 response, struct fanotify_response_info_audit_rule *friar);
 extern void __audit_tk_injoffset(struct timespec64 offset);
 extern void __audit_ntp_log(const struct audit_ntp_data *ad);
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ static inline void audit_openat2_how(struct open_how *how)
 		__audit_openat2_how(how);
 }
 
-static inline void audit_log_kern_module(char *name)
+static inline void audit_log_kern_module(const char *name)
 {
 	if (!audit_dummy_context())
 		__audit_log_kern_module(name);
@@ -677,9 +677,8 @@ static inline void audit_mmap_fd(int fd, int flags)
 static inline void audit_openat2_how(struct open_how *how)
 { }
 
-static inline void audit_log_kern_module(char *name)
-{
-}
+static inline void audit_log_kern_module(const char *name)
+{ }
 
 static inline void audit_fanotify(u32 response, struct fanotify_response_info_audit_rule *friar)
 { }
diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
index 0211cb307d30..2a24d01c5fb0 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.h
+++ b/kernel/audit.h
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ struct audit_context {
 			int			argc;
 		} execve;
 		struct {
-			char			*name;
+			const char		*name;
 		} module;
 		struct {
 			struct audit_ntp_data	ntp_data;
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 78fd876a5473..eb98cd6fe91f 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2864,7 +2864,7 @@ void __audit_openat2_how(struct open_how *how)
 	context->type = AUDIT_OPENAT2;
 }
 
-void __audit_log_kern_module(char *name)
+void __audit_log_kern_module(const char *name)
 {
 	struct audit_context *context = audit_context();
 
diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index a2859dc3eea6..4860e534de05 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -3297,7 +3297,7 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs,
 
 	module_allocated = true;
 
-	audit_log_kern_module(mod->name);
+	audit_log_kern_module(info->name);
 
 	/* Reserve our place in the list. */
 	err = add_unformed_module(mod);
@@ -3458,8 +3458,10 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs,
 	 * failures once the proper module was allocated and
 	 * before that.
 	 */
-	if (!module_allocated)
+	if (!module_allocated) {
+		audit_log_kern_module(info->name ? info->name : "?");
 		mod_stat_bump_becoming(info, flags);
+	}
 	free_copy(info, flags);
 	return err;
 }
-- 
2.43.5

Re: [PATCH v3] audit,module: restore audit logging in load failure case

[Petr Pavlu]

On 6/13/25 9:58 PM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> The move of the module sanity check to earlier skipped the audit logging
> call in the case of failure and to a place where the previously used
> context is unavailable.
> 
> Add an audit logging call for the module loading failure case and get
> the module name when possible.
> 
> Link: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-52839
> Fixes: 02da2cbab452 ("module: move check_modinfo() early to early_mod_check()")
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>

Looks ok to me from the modules perspective.

Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>

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Thanks,
Petr

Re: [PATCH v3] audit,module: restore audit logging in load failure case

[Paul Moore]

On Jun 13, 2025 Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> The move of the module sanity check to earlier skipped the audit logging
> call in the case of failure and to a place where the previously used
> context is unavailable.
> 
> Add an audit logging call for the module loading failure case and get
> the module name when possible.
> 
> Link: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-52839
> Fixes: 02da2cbab452 ("module: move check_modinfo() early to early_mod_check()")
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
> ---
> Changelog:
> v2
> - use info->name for both audit_log_kern_module() calls and add const
> v3
> - use "?" rather than "(unavailable)" for consistency with other records
> ---
>  include/linux/audit.h | 9 ++++-----
>  kernel/audit.h        | 2 +-
>  kernel/auditsc.c      | 2 +-
>  kernel/module/main.c  | 6 ++++--
>  4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Merged into audit/dev, thanks!

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