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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Fan Wu <wufan@kernel.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12.y] ipe: fix use-after-free when auditing a newly loaded policy
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:46:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260929124623.3453618-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026092955-retrace-denial-b8a2@gregkh>

From: Fan Wu <wufan@kernel.org>

[ Upstream commit 9814077275eca36ebf8d510d2f076d235ff9f51a ]

new_policy() audits the policy after ipe_new_policyfs_node() publishes it
and drops the new directory's inode lock. A concurrent delete can free
the policy while ipe_audit_policy_load() is still using it.

Audit the successful load under that lock.

Fixes: f44554b5067b ("audit,ipe: add IPE auditing support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
[FW: remove model name according to latest guideline]
Signed-off-by: Fan Wu <wufan@kernel.org>
[ adapted new_policy() changes to the older success-only auditing implementation. ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 security/ipe/fs.c        | 4 ----
 security/ipe/policy_fs.c | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/ipe/fs.c b/security/ipe/fs.c
index 5b6d19fb844a0..d6f90235d6142 100644
--- a/security/ipe/fs.c
+++ b/security/ipe/fs.c
@@ -155,10 +155,6 @@ static ssize_t new_policy(struct file *f, const char __user *data,
 	}
 
 	rc = ipe_new_policyfs_node(p);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out;
-
-	ipe_audit_policy_load(p);
 
 out:
 	if (rc < 0)
diff --git a/security/ipe/policy_fs.c b/security/ipe/policy_fs.c
index 3bcd8cbd09dff..5eba2bb93276f 100644
--- a/security/ipe/policy_fs.c
+++ b/security/ipe/policy_fs.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "policy.h"
 #include "eval.h"
 #include "fs.h"
+#include "audit.h"
 
 #define MAX_VERSION_SIZE ARRAY_SIZE("65535.65535.65535")
 
@@ -463,6 +464,9 @@ int ipe_new_policyfs_node(struct ipe_policy *p)
 	inode_lock(root);
 	p->policyfs = policyfs;
 	root->i_private = p;
+	/* Only audit signed policies from userspace */
+	if (p->pkcs7)
+		ipe_audit_policy_load(p);
 	inode_unlock(root);
 
 	return 0;
-- 
2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-29 12:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-29  6:46 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ipe: fix use-after-free when auditing a newly loaded policy" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-29 12:46 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-09-29 21:04   ` [PATCH 6.12.y] ipe: fix use-after-free when auditing a newly loaded policy Fan Wu

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