linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Audit fixes for 3.19 #2

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Date:	Wed, 31 Dec 2014 14:54:48 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, linux-audit@...hat.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Audit fixes for 3.19 #2

On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com> wrote:
>
> The getname/putname hacks work in the normal file case, but it falls apart
> when you start talking about AF_UNIX socket files where the filename string
> doesn't go through the getname/putname refcount tricks.  In the past (no idea
> how far back this goes off the top of my head) this wasn't an issue since the
> code which recorded the filenames in the audit records was broken, but since
> we just "fixed" that problem, the AF_UNIX socket problem is now making an
> appearance.

Ugh. Ok, I pulled the thing, even if I really hope for a better
solution long-term. That better solution may well be to get rid of all
the audit hackery in getname()/putname(), I wouldn't mind that at all.

                         Linus
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