linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v3] audit: use proper refcount locking on audit

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Date:   Tue, 13 Dec 2016 16:19:01 -0800
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-audit@...hat.com,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>, Paul Moore <pmoore@...hat.com>,
        sgrubb@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3] audit: use proper refcount locking on audit_sock

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 7:03 AM, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com> wrote:
> @@ -1283,8 +1299,10 @@ static void __net_exit audit_net_exit(struct net *net)
>  {
>         struct audit_net *aunet = net_generic(net, audit_net_id);
>         struct sock *sock = aunet->nlsk;
> +       mutex_lock(&audit_cmd_mutex);
>         if (sock == audit_sock)
>                 auditd_reset();
> +       mutex_unlock(&audit_cmd_mutex);

This still doesn't look correct to me, b/c here we release the audit_sock
refcnt twice:

1) inside audit_reset()
2) netlink_kernel_release()