Re: [PATCH v2] audit: Allow auditd to set pid to 0 to end auditing

The API to end auditing has historically been for auditd to set the pid to 0. This patch restores that functionality. See: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/69 Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb(a)redhat.com&gt; Signed-off-by: Steve Grubb <sgrubb(a)redhat.com&gt; --- kernel/audit.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index 6dd556931739..f6d5fc1d8eb4 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -1197,25 +1197,28 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh) pid_t auditd_pid; struct pid *req_pid = task_tgid(current); - /* sanity check - PID values must match */ - if (new_pid != pid_vnr(req_pid)) + /* Sanity check - PID values must match. Setting + * pid to 0 is how auditd ends auditing. */ + if (new_pid && (new_pid != pid_vnr(req_pid))) return -EINVAL; /* test the auditd connection */ audit_replace(req_pid); auditd_pid = auditd_pid_vnr(); - /* only the current auditd can unregister itself */ - if ((!new_pid) && (new_pid != auditd_pid)) { - audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid, - auditd_pid, 0); - return -EACCES; - } - /* replacing a healthy auditd is not allowed */ - if (auditd_pid && new_pid) { - audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid, - auditd_pid, 0); - return -EEXIST; + if (auditd_pid) { + /* replacing a healthy auditd is not allowed */ + if (new_pid) { + audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", + new_pid, auditd_pid, 0); + return -EEXIST; + } + /* only current auditd can unregister itself */ + if (pid_vnr(req_pid) != auditd_pid) { + audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", + new_pid, auditd_pid, 0); + return -EACCES; + } } if (new_pid) { -- 2.13.6 -- Linux-audit mailing list Linux-audit(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-audit