On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 05:18:56PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Fri, 2018-04-06 at 15:23 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > 4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > > > > ------------------ > > > > From: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > commit db0a6fb5d97afe01fd9c47d37c6daa82d4d4001d upstream. > [...] > > --- a/kernel/auditsc.c > > +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c > > @@ -1976,6 +1976,7 @@ static void audit_log_set_loginuid(kuid_ > > { > > struct audit_buffer *ab; > > uid_t uid, oldloginuid, loginuid; > > + struct tty_struct *tty; > > > > if (!audit_enabled) > > return; > > @@ -1983,14 +1984,17 @@ static void audit_log_set_loginuid(kuid_ > > uid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, task_uid(current)); > > oldloginuid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, koldloginuid); > > loginuid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, kloginuid), > > + tty = audit_get_tty(current); > > > > ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_LOGIN); > > if (!ab) > > return; > > This error path leaks the tty ref. Fixed upstream by: > > commit 76a658c20efd541a62838d9ff68ce94170d7a549 > Author: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue Jun 28 12:06:58 2016 -0400 > > audit: move calcs after alloc and check when logging set loginuid Thanks, now queued up. greg k-h