Re: [RFC PATCH 3/5] audit: enable filename recording via getname_kernel()

[Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>]

On 15/01/08, Paul Moore wrote:
> Enable recording of filenames in getname_kernel() and remove the
> kludgy workaround in __audit_inode() now that we have proper filename
> logging for kernel users.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <pmoore@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>

> ---
>  fs/namei.c       |    1 +
>  kernel/auditsc.c |   40 +++-------------------------------------
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> index c3d21b7..1c0d4c7 100644
> --- a/fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/namei.c
> @@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ getname_kernel(const char * filename)
>  	strlcpy((char *)result->name, filename, len);
>  	result->uptr = NULL;
>  	result->aname = NULL;
> +	audit_getname(result);
>  
>  	return result;
>  }
> diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
> index 793e9e9..c967ffc 100644
> --- a/kernel/auditsc.c
> +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
> @@ -1882,44 +1882,10 @@ out_alloc:
>  	n = audit_alloc_name(context, AUDIT_TYPE_UNKNOWN);
>  	if (!n)
>  		return;
> -	/* unfortunately, while we may have a path name to record with the
> -	 * inode, we can't always rely on the string lasting until the end of
> -	 * the syscall so we need to create our own copy, it may fail due to
> -	 * memory allocation issues, but we do our best */
> -	if (name) {
> -		/* we can't use getname_kernel() due to size limits */
> -		size_t len = strlen(name->name) + 1;
> -		struct filename *new = __getname();
> -
> -		if (unlikely(!new))
> -			goto out;
> +	if (name)
> +		/* no need to set ->name_put as the original will cleanup */
> +		n->name = name;
>  
> -		if (len <= (PATH_MAX - sizeof(*new))) {
> -			new->name = (char *)(new) + sizeof(*new);
> -			new->separate = false;
> -		} else if (len <= PATH_MAX) {
> -			/* this looks odd, but is due to final_putname() */
> -			struct filename *new2;
> -
> -			new2 = kmalloc(sizeof(*new2), GFP_KERNEL);
> -			if (unlikely(!new2)) {
> -				__putname(new);
> -				goto out;
> -			}
> -			new2->name = (char *)new;
> -			new2->separate = true;
> -			new = new2;
> -		} else {
> -			/* we should never get here, but let's be safe */
> -			__putname(new);
> -			goto out;
> -		}
> -		strlcpy((char *)new->name, name->name, len);
> -		new->uptr = NULL;
> -		new->aname = n;
> -		n->name = new;
> -		n->name_put = true;
> -	}
>  out:
>  	if (parent) {
>  		n->name_len = n->name ? parent_len(n->name->name) : AUDIT_NAME_FULL;
> 
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