linux-kernel - [PATCH] audit: skip sessionid sentinel value when auto-incrementing

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Date:   Thu, 10 Nov 2016 01:41:14 -0500
From:   Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
To:     linux-audit@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc:     Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>, Paul Moore <pmoore@...hat.com>,
        Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] audit: skip sessionid sentinel value when auto-incrementing

The value (unsigned int)-1 is used as a sentinel to indicate the
sessionID is unset.  Skip this value when the session_id value wraps.

Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/auditsc.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 5abf1dc..e414dfa 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2025,8 +2025,11 @@ int audit_set_loginuid(kuid_t loginuid)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* are we setting or clearing? */
-	if (uid_valid(loginuid))
+	if (uid_valid(loginuid)) {
 		sessionid = (unsigned int)atomic_inc_return(&session_id);
+		if (unlikely(sessionid == (unsigned int)-1))
+			sessionid = (unsigned int)atomic_inc_return(&session_id);
+	}
 
 	task->sessionid = sessionid;
 	task->loginuid = loginuid;
-- 
1.7.1