linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.14 60/64] audit: Allow auditd to set pid to 0 to end auditing

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Date:   Sat, 2 Dec 2017 15:51:42 +0000
From:   alexander.levin@...izon.com
To:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com>, Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        alexander.levin@...izon.com
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.14 60/64] audit: Allow auditd to set pid to 0 to
 end auditing

From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com>

[ Upstream commit 33e8a907804428109ce1d12301c3365d619cc4df ]

The API to end auditing has historically been for auditd to set the
pid to 0. This patch restores that functionality.

See: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/69

Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
---
 kernel/audit.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index be1c28fd4d57..d779326e53c0 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1197,25 +1197,28 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 			pid_t auditd_pid;
 			struct pid *req_pid = task_tgid(current);
 
-			/* sanity check - PID values must match */
-			if (new_pid != pid_vnr(req_pid))
+			/* Sanity check - PID values must match. Setting
+			 * pid to 0 is how auditd ends auditing. */
+			if (new_pid && (new_pid != pid_vnr(req_pid)))
 				return -EINVAL;
 
 			/* test the auditd connection */
 			audit_replace(req_pid);
 
 			auditd_pid = auditd_pid_vnr();
-			/* only the current auditd can unregister itself */
-			if ((!new_pid) && (new_pid != auditd_pid)) {
-				audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid,
-							auditd_pid, 0);
-				return -EACCES;
-			}
-			/* replacing a healthy auditd is not allowed */
-			if (auditd_pid && new_pid) {
-				audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid,
-							auditd_pid, 0);
-				return -EEXIST;
+			if (auditd_pid) {
+				/* replacing a healthy auditd is not allowed */
+				if (new_pid) {
+					audit_log_config_change("audit_pid",
+							new_pid, auditd_pid, 0);
+					return -EEXIST;
+				}
+				/* only current auditd can unregister itself */
+				if (pid_vnr(req_pid) != auditd_pid) {
+					audit_log_config_change("audit_pid",
+							new_pid, auditd_pid, 0);
+					return -EACCES;
+				}
 			}
 
 			if (new_pid) {
-- 
2.11.0