[PATCH AUTOSEL 4.14 33/72] audit: fix a net reference leak in audit_list_rules_send()

From: Paul Moore <paul(a)paul-moore.com&gt; [ Upstream commit 3054d06719079388a543de6adb812638675ad8f5 ] If audit_list_rules_send() fails when trying to create a new thread to send the rules it also fails to cleanup properly, leaking a reference to a net structure. This patch fixes the error patch and renames audit_send_list() to audit_send_list_thread() to better match its cousin, audit_send_reply_thread(). Reported-by: teroincn(a)gmail.com Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb(a)redhat.com&gt; Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul(a)paul-moore.com&gt; Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal(a)kernel.org&gt; --- kernel/audit.c | 2 +- kernel/audit.h | 2 +- kernel/auditfilter.c | 16 +++++++--------- 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index 53224f399038..6faaa908544a 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy) return 0; } -int audit_send_list(void *_dest) +int audit_send_list_thread(void *_dest) { struct audit_netlink_list *dest = _dest; struct sk_buff *skb; diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h index 9b110ae17ee3..1007773b0b81 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.h +++ b/kernel/audit.h @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ struct audit_netlink_list { struct sk_buff_head q; }; -int audit_send_list(void *_dest); +int audit_send_list_thread(void *_dest); extern int selinux_audit_rule_update(void); diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c index 16cf396ea738..f26f4cb5d08d 100644 --- a/kernel/auditfilter.c +++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c @@ -1137,11 +1137,8 @@ int audit_rule_change(int type, int seq, void *data, size_t datasz) */ int audit_list_rules_send(struct sk_buff *request_skb, int seq) { - u32 portid = NETLINK_CB(request_skb).portid; - struct net *net = sock_net(NETLINK_CB(request_skb).sk); struct task_struct *tsk; struct audit_netlink_list *dest; - int err = 0; /* We can't just spew out the rules here because we might fill * the available socket buffer space and deadlock waiting for @@ -1149,25 +1146,26 @@ int audit_list_rules_send(struct sk_buff *request_skb, int seq) * happen if we're actually running in the context of auditctl * trying to _send_ the stuff */ - dest = kmalloc(sizeof(struct audit_netlink_list), GFP_KERNEL); + dest = kmalloc(sizeof(*dest), GFP_KERNEL); if (!dest) return -ENOMEM; - dest->net = get_net(net); - dest->portid = portid; + dest->net = get_net(sock_net(NETLINK_CB(request_skb).sk)); + dest->portid = NETLINK_CB(request_skb).portid; skb_queue_head_init(&dest->q); mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex); audit_list_rules(seq, &dest->q); mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex); - tsk = kthread_run(audit_send_list, dest, "audit_send_list"); + tsk = kthread_run(audit_send_list_thread, dest, "audit_send_list"); if (IS_ERR(tsk)) { skb_queue_purge(&dest->q); + put_net(dest->net); kfree(dest); - err = PTR_ERR(tsk); + return PTR_ERR(tsk); } - return err; + return 0; } int audit_comparator(u32 left, u32 op, u32 right) -- 2.25.1