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diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 6ac1df116c0b..f4056bc331fc 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -138,11 +138,18 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(audit_freelist_lock);
static int audit_freelist_count;
static LIST_HEAD(audit_freelist);
+/* queue msgs to send via kauditd_task */
static struct sk_buff_head audit_queue;
-/* queue of skbs to send to auditd when/if it comes back */
+/* queue msgs due to temporary unicast send problems */
+static struct sk_buff_head audit_retry_queue;
+/* queue msgs waiting for new auditd connection */
static struct sk_buff_head audit_hold_queue;
+
+/* queue servicing thread */
static struct task_struct *kauditd_task;
static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(kauditd_wait);
+
+/* waitqueue for callers who are blocked on the audit backlog */
static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(audit_backlog_wait);
static struct audit_features af = {.vers = AUDIT_FEATURE_VERSION,
@@ -365,25 +372,6 @@ static int audit_set_failure(u32 state)
}
/*
- * Queue skbs to be sent to auditd when/if it comes back. These skbs should
- * already have been sent via prink/syslog and so if these messages are dropped
- * it is not a huge concern since we already passed the audit_log_lost()
- * notification and stuff. This is just nice to get audit messages during
- * boot before auditd is running or messages generated while auditd is stopped.
- * This only holds messages is audit_default is set, aka booting with audit=1
- * or building your kernel that way.
- */
-static void audit_hold_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
- if (audit_default &&
- (!audit_backlog_limit ||
- skb_queue_len(&audit_hold_queue) < audit_backlog_limit))
- skb_queue_tail(&audit_hold_queue, skb);
- else
- kfree_skb(skb);
-}
-
-/*
* For one reason or another this nlh isn't getting delivered to the userspace
* audit daemon, just send it to printk.
*/
@@ -398,58 +386,114 @@ static void kauditd_printk_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
else
audit_log_lost("printk limit exceeded");
}
+}
+
+/**
+ * kauditd_hold_skb - Queue an audit record, waiting for auditd
+ * @skb: audit record
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Queue the audit record, waiting for an instance of auditd. When this
+ * function is called we haven't given up yet on sending the record, but things
+ * are not looking good. The first thing we want to do is try to write the
+ * record via printk and then see if we want to try and hold on to the record
+ * and queue it, if we have room. If we want to hold on to the record, but we
+ * don't have room, record a record lost message.
+ */
+static void kauditd_hold_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ /* at this point it is uncertain if we will ever send this to auditd so
+ * try to send the message via printk before we go any further */
+ kauditd_printk_skb(skb);
+
+ /* can we just silently drop the message? */
+ if (!audit_default) {
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* if we have room, queue the message */
+ if (!audit_backlog_limit ||
+ skb_queue_len(&audit_hold_queue) < audit_backlog_limit) {
+ skb_queue_tail(&audit_hold_queue, skb);
+ return;
+ }
- audit_hold_skb(skb);
+ /* we have no other options - drop the message */
+ audit_log_lost("kauditd hold queue overflow");
+ kfree_skb(skb);
}
-static void kauditd_send_unicast_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
+/**
+ * kauditd_retry_skb - Queue an audit record, attempt to send again to auditd
+ * @skb: audit record
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Not as serious as kauditd_hold_skb() as we still have a connected auditd,
+ * but for some reason we are having problems sending it audit records so
+ * queue the given record and attempt to resend.
+ */
+static void kauditd_retry_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- int err;
- int attempts = 0;
-#define AUDITD_RETRIES 5
+ /* NOTE: because records should only live in the retry queue for a
+ * short period of time, before either being sent or moved to the hold
+ * queue, we don't currently enforce a limit on this queue */
+ skb_queue_tail(&audit_retry_queue, skb);
+}
+
+/**
+ * auditd_reset - Disconnect the auditd connection
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Break the auditd/kauditd connection and move all the records in the retry
+ * queue into the hold queue in case auditd reconnects.
+ */
+static void auditd_reset(void)
+{
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+ /* break the connection */
+ audit_pid = 0;
+ audit_sock = NULL;
+
+ /* flush all of the retry queue to the hold queue */
+ while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&audit_retry_queue)))
+ kauditd_hold_skb(skb);
+}
+
+/**
+ * kauditd_send_unicast_skb - Send a record via unicast to auditd
+ * @skb: audit record
+ */
+static int kauditd_send_unicast_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ int rc;
-restart:
- /* take a reference in case we can't send it and we want to hold it */
+ /* get an extra skb reference in case we fail to send */
skb_get(skb);
- err = netlink_unicast(audit_sock, skb, audit_nlk_portid, 0);
- if (err < 0) {
- pr_err("netlink_unicast sending to audit_pid=%d returned error: %d\n",
- audit_pid, err);
- if (audit_pid) {
- if (err == -ECONNREFUSED || err == -EPERM
- || ++attempts >= AUDITD_RETRIES) {
- char s[32];
-
- snprintf(s, sizeof(s), "audit_pid=%d reset", audit_pid);
- audit_log_lost(s);
- audit_pid = 0;
- audit_sock = NULL;
- } else {
- pr_warn("re-scheduling(#%d) write to audit_pid=%d\n",
- attempts, audit_pid);
- set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
- schedule();
- goto restart;
- }
- }
- /* we might get lucky and get this in the next auditd */
- audit_hold_skb(skb);
- } else
- /* drop the extra reference if sent ok */
+ rc = netlink_unicast(audit_sock, skb, audit_nlk_portid, 0);
+ if (rc >= 0) {
consume_skb(skb);
+ rc = 0;
+ }
+
+ return rc;
}
/*
- * kauditd_send_multicast_skb - send the skb to multicast userspace listeners
+ * kauditd_send_multicast_skb - Send a record to any multicast listeners
+ * @skb: audit record
*
+ * Description:
* This function doesn't consume an skb as might be expected since it has to
* copy it anyways.
*/
-static void kauditd_send_multicast_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+static void kauditd_send_multicast_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- struct sk_buff *copy;
- struct audit_net *aunet = net_generic(&init_net, audit_net_id);
- struct sock *sock = aunet->nlsk;
+ struct sk_buff *copy;
+ struct audit_net *aunet = net_generic(&init_net, audit_net_id);
+ struct sock *sock = aunet->nlsk;
+ struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
if (!netlink_has_listeners(sock, AUDIT_NLGRP_READLOG))
return;
@@ -464,94 +508,155 @@ static void kauditd_send_multicast_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp_mask)
* no reason for new multicast clients to continue with this
* non-compliance.
*/
- copy = skb_copy(skb, gfp_mask);
+ copy = skb_copy(skb, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!copy)
return;
+ nlh = nlmsg_hdr(copy);
+ nlh->nlmsg_len = skb->len;
- nlmsg_multicast(sock, copy, 0, AUDIT_NLGRP_READLOG, gfp_mask);
+ nlmsg_multicast(sock, copy, 0, AUDIT_NLGRP_READLOG, GFP_KERNEL);
}
-/*
- * flush_hold_queue - empty the hold queue if auditd appears
- *
- * If auditd just started, drain the queue of messages already
- * sent to syslog/printk. Remember loss here is ok. We already
- * called audit_log_lost() if it didn't go out normally. so the
- * race between the skb_dequeue and the next check for audit_pid
- * doesn't matter.
+/**
+ * kauditd_wake_condition - Return true when it is time to wake kauditd_thread
*
- * If you ever find kauditd to be too slow we can get a perf win
- * by doing our own locking and keeping better track if there
- * are messages in this queue. I don't see the need now, but
- * in 5 years when I want to play with this again I'll see this
- * note and still have no friggin idea what i'm thinking today.
+ * Description:
+ * This function is for use by the wait_event_freezable() call in
+ * kauditd_thread().
*/
-static void flush_hold_queue(void)
+static int kauditd_wake_condition(void)
{
- struct sk_buff *skb;
-
- if (!audit_default || !audit_pid)
- return;
-
- skb = skb_dequeue(&audit_hold_queue);
- if (likely(!skb))
- return;
+ static int pid_last = 0;
+ int rc;
+ int pid = audit_pid;
- while (skb && audit_pid) {
- kauditd_send_unicast_skb(skb);
- skb = skb_dequeue(&audit_hold_queue);
- }
+ /* wake on new messages or a change in the connected auditd */
+ rc = skb_queue_len(&audit_queue) || (pid && pid != pid_last);
+ if (rc)
+ pid_last = pid;
- /*
- * if auditd just disappeared but we
- * dequeued an skb we need to drop ref
- */
- consume_skb(skb);
+ return rc;
}
static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
{
+ int rc;
+ int auditd = 0;
+ int reschedule = 0;
struct sk_buff *skb;
struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+#define UNICAST_RETRIES 5
+#define AUDITD_BAD(x,y) \
+ ((x) == -ECONNREFUSED || (x) == -EPERM || ++(y) >= UNICAST_RETRIES)
+
+ /* NOTE: we do invalidate the auditd connection flag on any sending
+ * errors, but we only "restore" the connection flag at specific places
+ * in the loop in order to help ensure proper ordering of audit
+ * records */
+
set_freezable();
while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
- flush_hold_queue();
+ /* NOTE: possible area for future improvement is to look at
+ * the hold and retry queues, since only this thread
+ * has access to these queues we might be able to do
+ * our own queuing and skip some/all of the locking */
+
+ /* NOTE: it might be a fun experiment to split the hold and
+ * retry queue handling to another thread, but the
+ * synchronization issues and other overhead might kill
+ * any performance gains */
+
+ /* attempt to flush the hold queue */
+ while (auditd && (skb = skb_dequeue(&audit_hold_queue))) {
+ rc = kauditd_send_unicast_skb(skb);
+ if (rc) {
+ /* requeue to the same spot */
+ skb_queue_head(&audit_hold_queue, skb);
+
+ auditd = 0;
+ if (AUDITD_BAD(rc, reschedule)) {
+ auditd_reset();
+ reschedule = 0;
+ }
+ } else
+ /* we were able to send successfully */
+ reschedule = 0;
+ }
+
+ /* attempt to flush the retry queue */
+ while (auditd && (skb = skb_dequeue(&audit_retry_queue))) {
+ rc = kauditd_send_unicast_skb(skb);
+ if (rc) {
+ auditd = 0;
+ if (AUDITD_BAD(rc, reschedule)) {
+ kauditd_hold_skb(skb);
+ auditd_reset();
+ reschedule = 0;
+ } else
+ /* temporary problem (we hope), queue
+ * to the same spot and retry */
+ skb_queue_head(&audit_retry_queue, skb);
+ } else
+ /* we were able to send successfully */
+ reschedule = 0;
+ }
+ /* standard queue processing, try to be as quick as possible */
+quick_loop:
skb = skb_dequeue(&audit_queue);
if (skb) {
+ /* setup the netlink header, see the comments in
+ * kauditd_send_multicast_skb() for length quirks */
nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
-
- /* if nlh->nlmsg_len is zero then we haven't attempted
- * to send the message to userspace yet, if nlmsg_len
- * is non-zero then we have attempted to send it to
- * the multicast listeners as well as auditd; keep
- * trying to send to auditd but don't repeat the
- * multicast send */
- if (nlh->nlmsg_len == 0) {
- nlh->nlmsg_len = skb->len;
- kauditd_send_multicast_skb(skb, GFP_KERNEL);
-
- /* see the note in kauditd_send_multicast_skb
- * regarding the nlh->nlmsg_len value and why
- * it differs between the multicast and unicast
- * clients */
- nlh->nlmsg_len -= NLMSG_HDRLEN;
- }
-
- if (audit_pid)
- kauditd_send_unicast_skb(skb);
+ nlh->nlmsg_len = skb->len - NLMSG_HDRLEN;
+
+ /* attempt to send to any multicast listeners */
+ kauditd_send_multicast_skb(skb);
+
+ /* attempt to send to auditd, queue on failure */
+ if (auditd) {
+ rc = kauditd_send_unicast_skb(skb);
+ if (rc) {
+ auditd = 0;
+ if (AUDITD_BAD(rc, reschedule)) {
+ auditd_reset();
+ reschedule = 0;
+ }
+
+ /* move to the retry queue */
+ kauditd_retry_skb(skb);
+ } else
+ /* everything is working so go fast! */
+ goto quick_loop;
+ } else if (reschedule)
+ /* we are currently having problems, move to
+ * the retry queue */
+ kauditd_retry_skb(skb);
else
- kauditd_printk_skb(skb);
+ /* dump the message via printk and hold it */
+ kauditd_hold_skb(skb);
} else {
- /* we have flushed the backlog so wake everyone up who
- * is blocked and go to sleep until we have something
- * in the backlog again */
+ /* we have flushed the backlog so wake everyone */
wake_up(&audit_backlog_wait);
- wait_event_freezable(kauditd_wait,
- skb_queue_len(&audit_queue));
+
+ /* if everything is okay with auditd (if present), go
+ * to sleep until there is something new in the queue
+ * or we have a change in the connected auditd;
+ * otherwise simply reschedule to give things a chance
+ * to recover */
+ if (reschedule) {
+ set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ schedule();
+ } else
+ wait_event_freezable(kauditd_wait,
+ kauditd_wake_condition());
+
+ /* update the auditd connection status */
+ auditd = (audit_pid ? 1 : 0);
}
}
+
return 0;
}
@@ -616,6 +721,7 @@ static int audit_send_reply_thread(void *arg)
kfree(reply);
return 0;
}
+
/**
* audit_send_reply - send an audit reply message via netlink
* @request_skb: skb of request we are replying to (used to target the reply)
@@ -1171,10 +1277,8 @@ 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;
- if (sock == audit_sock) {
- audit_pid = 0;
- audit_sock = NULL;
- }
+ if (sock == audit_sock)
+ auditd_reset();
RCU_INIT_POINTER(aunet->nlsk, NULL);
synchronize_net();
@@ -1201,6 +1305,7 @@ static int __init audit_init(void)
register_pernet_subsys(&audit_net_ops);
skb_queue_head_init(&audit_queue);
+ skb_queue_head_init(&audit_retry_queue);
skb_queue_head_init(&audit_hold_queue);
audit_initialized = AUDIT_INITIALIZED;
audit_enabled = audit_default;