These strings may come from untrusted sources (e.g. file xattrs) so they need to be properly escaped. Reproducer: # setenforce 0 # touch /tmp/test # setfattr -n security.selinux -v 'kuřecí řízek' /tmp/test # runcon system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0 cat /tmp/test (look at the generated AVCs) Actual result: type=AVC [...] trawcon=kuřecí řízek Expected result: type=AVC [...] trawcon=6B75C5996563C3AD20C599C3AD7A656B Fixes: fede148324c3 ("selinux: log invalid contexts in AVCs") Cc: stable(a)vger.kernel.org # v5.1+ Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace(a)redhat.com&gt; --- security/selinux/avc.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/security/selinux/avc.c b/security/selinux/avc.c index 8346a4f7c5d7..a99be508f93d 100644 --- a/security/selinux/avc.c +++ b/security/selinux/avc.c @@ -739,14 +739,20 @@ static void avc_audit_post_callback(struct audit_buffer *ab, void *a) rc = security_sid_to_context_inval(sad->state, sad->ssid, &scontext, &scontext_len); if (!rc && scontext) { - audit_log_format(ab, " srawcon=%s", scontext); + if (scontext_len && scontext[scontext_len - 1] == '\0') + scontext_len--; + audit_log_format(ab, " srawcon="); + audit_log_n_untrustedstring(ab, scontext, scontext_len); kfree(scontext); } rc = security_sid_to_context_inval(sad->state, sad->tsid, &scontext, &scontext_len); if (!rc && scontext) { - audit_log_format(ab, " trawcon=%s", scontext); + if (scontext_len && scontext[scontext_len - 1] == '\0') + scontext_len--; + audit_log_format(ab, " trawcon="); + audit_log_n_untrustedstring(ab, scontext, scontext_len); kfree(scontext); } } -- 2.20.1