3.2.58-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> commit c92cdeb45eea38515e82187f48c2e4f435fb4e25 upstream. sys_getppid() returns the parent pid of the current process in its own pid namespace. Since audit filters are based in the init pid namespace, a process could avoid a filter or trigger an unintended one by being in an alternate pid namespace or log meaningless information. Switch to task_ppid_nr() for PPIDs to anchor all audit filters in the init_pid_ns. (informed by ebiederman's 6c621b7e) Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: sys_getppid() is used by audit_exit() but not audit_log_task_info()] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/kernel/auditsc.c +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ static int audit_filter_rules(struct tas case AUDIT_PPID: if (ctx) { if (!ctx->ppid) - ctx->ppid = sys_getppid(); + ctx->ppid = task_ppid_nr(tsk); result = audit_comparator(ctx->ppid, f->op, f->val); } break; @@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ static void audit_log_exit(struct audit_ /* tsk == current */ context->pid = tsk->pid; if (!context->ppid) - context->ppid = sys_getppid(); + context->ppid = task_ppid_nr(tsk); cred = current_cred(); context->uid = cred->uid; context->gid = cred->gid; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html