Re: [PATCH V3 2/2] audit: log failed attempts to change audit_pid configuration

Failed attempts to change the audit_pid configuration are not presently logged. One case is an attempt to starve an old auditd by starting up a new auditd when the old one is still alive and active. The other case is an attempt to orphan a new auditd when an old auditd shuts down. Log both as AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE messages with failure result. Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb(a)redhat.com&gt; --- kernel/audit.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index 0368be2..9000c6f 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -882,11 +882,15 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh) int new_pid = s.pid; pid_t requesting_pid = task_tgid_vnr(current); - if ((!new_pid) && (requesting_pid != audit_pid)) + if ((!new_pid) && (requesting_pid != audit_pid)) { + audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid, audit_pid, 0); return -EACCES; + } if (audit_pid && new_pid && - audit_replace(requesting_pid) != -ECONNREFUSED) + audit_replace(requesting_pid) != -ECONNREFUSED) { + audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid, audit_pid, 0); return -EEXIST; + } if (audit_enabled != AUDIT_OFF) audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid, audit_pid, 1); audit_pid = new_pid;