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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 9bc0b0301..99127521c 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -488,15 +488,19 @@ static void auditd_conn_free(struct rcu_head *rcu)
* @pid: auditd PID
* @portid: auditd netlink portid
* @net: auditd network namespace pointer
+ * @skb: the netlink command from the audit daemon
+ * @ack: netlink ack flag, cleared if ack'd here
*
* Description:
* This function will obtain and drop network namespace references as
* necessary. Returns zero on success, negative values on failure.
*/
-static int auditd_set(struct pid *pid, u32 portid, struct net *net)
+static int auditd_set(struct pid *pid, u32 portid, struct net *net,
+ struct sk_buff *skb, bool *ack)
{
unsigned long flags;
struct auditd_connection *ac_old, *ac_new;
+ struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
if (!pid || !net)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -508,6 +512,13 @@ static int auditd_set(struct pid *pid, u32 portid, struct net *net)
ac_new->portid = portid;
ac_new->net = get_net(net);
+ /* send the ack now to avoid a race with the queue backlog */
+ if (*ack) {
+ nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
+ netlink_ack(skb, nlh, 0, NULL);
+ *ack = false;
+ }
+
spin_lock_irqsave(&auditd_conn_lock, flags);
ac_old = rcu_dereference_protected(auditd_conn,
lockdep_is_held(&auditd_conn_lock));
@@ -1201,7 +1212,8 @@ static int audit_replace(struct pid *pid)
return auditd_send_unicast_skb(skb);
}
-static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
+static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
+ bool *ack)
{
u32 seq;
void *data;
@@ -1294,7 +1306,8 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
/* register a new auditd connection */
err = auditd_set(req_pid,
NETLINK_CB(skb).portid,
- sock_net(NETLINK_CB(skb).sk));
+ sock_net(NETLINK_CB(skb).sk),
+ skb, ack);
if (audit_enabled != AUDIT_OFF)
audit_log_config_change("audit_pid",
new_pid,
@@ -1539,9 +1552,10 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
* Parse the provided skb and deal with any messages that may be present,
* malformed skbs are discarded.
*/
-static void audit_receive(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static void audit_receive(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+ bool ack;
/*
* len MUST be signed for nlmsg_next to be able to dec it below 0
* if the nlmsg_len was not aligned
@@ -1554,9 +1568,12 @@ static void audit_receive(struct sk_buff *skb)
audit_ctl_lock();
while (nlmsg_ok(nlh, len)) {
- err = audit_receive_msg(skb, nlh);
- /* if err or if this message says it wants a response */
- if (err || (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_ACK))
+ ack = nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_ACK;
+ err = audit_receive_msg(skb, nlh, &ack);
+
+ /* send an ack if the user asked for one and audit_receive_msg
+ * didn't already do it, or if there was an error. */
+ if (ack || err)
netlink_ack(skb, nlh, err, NULL);
nlh = nlmsg_next(nlh, &len);