linux-kernel - Re: Check all returns from audit_log

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Date:	Thu, 6 Sep 2012 11:47:49 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, eparis@...hat.com
Subject: Re: Check all returns from audit_log_start

On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 11:36:06AM -0400, Eric Paris wrote:
 > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> wrote:
 > > Following on from the previous patch that fixed an oops, these
 > > are all the other similar code patterns in the tree with the same
 > > checks added.  I never saw these causing problems, but checking
 > > this everywhere seems to make more sense than every subsequent
 > > routine that gets passed 'ab' having to check it.
 > >
 > > Later we could remove all those same checks from audit_log_format
 > > and friends. For now, this just prevents similar bugs being introduced
 > > as the one in my previous patch.
 > >
 > > Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
 > 
 > Not certain because I haven't looked at what happens with the error
 > code, but I think this might not be right.  auditd can be explictly
 > told not to audit certain events, in which case it is normal and
 > expected that ab would come back NULL....

Ugh, that's a lot messier to have to audit every function that gets
passed 'ab' to make sure it has a NULL check, but ok I'll go look at it.

hopefully audit_log_link_denied was a one off.

	Dave

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