3.16.7-ckt4 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Paul Moore <pmoore@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 3640dcfa4fd00cd91d88bb86250bdb496f7070c0 upstream. Commit f1dc4867 ("audit: anchor all pid references in the initial pid namespace") introduced a find_vpid() call when adding/removing audit rules with PID/PPID filters; unfortunately this is problematic as find_vpid() only works if there is a task with the associated PID alive on the system. The following commands demonstrate a simple reproducer. # auditctl -D # auditctl -l # autrace /bin/true # auditctl -l This patch resolves the problem by simply using the PID provided by the user without any additional validation, e.g. no calls to check to see if the task/PID exists. Cc: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <pmoore@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/auditfilter.c | 13 ------------- 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c index 8e9bc9c3dbb7..b2e63ba5f815 100644 --- a/kernel/auditfilter.c +++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c @@ -433,19 +433,6 @@ static struct audit_entry *audit_data_to_entry(struct audit_rule_data *data, f->val = 0; } - if ((f->type == AUDIT_PID) || (f->type == AUDIT_PPID)) { - struct pid *pid; - rcu_read_lock(); - pid = find_vpid(f->val); - if (!pid) { - rcu_read_unlock(); - err = -ESRCH; - goto exit_free; - } - f->val = pid_nr(pid); - rcu_read_unlock(); - } - err = audit_field_valid(entry, f); if (err) goto exit_free; -- 2.1.4 -- 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