linux/kernel
Paul Moore b8d9e0aec1 audit: improve audit queue handling when "audit=1" on cmdline
commit f26d043313 upstream.

When an admin enables audit at early boot via the "audit=1" kernel
command line the audit queue behavior is slightly different; the
audit subsystem goes to greater lengths to avoid dropping records,
which unfortunately can result in problems when the audit daemon is
forcibly stopped for an extended period of time.

This patch makes a number of changes designed to improve the audit
queuing behavior so that leaving the audit daemon in a stopped state
for an extended period does not cause a significant impact to the
system.

- kauditd_send_queue() is now limited to looping through the
  passed queue only once per call.  This not only prevents the
  function from looping indefinitely when records are returned
  to the current queue, it also allows any recovery handling in
  kauditd_thread() to take place when kauditd_send_queue()
  returns.

- Transient netlink send errors seen as -EAGAIN now cause the
  record to be returned to the retry queue instead of going to
  the hold queue.  The intention of the hold queue is to store,
  perhaps for an extended period of time, the events which led
  up to the audit daemon going offline.  The retry queue remains
  a temporary queue intended to protect against transient issues
  between the kernel and the audit daemon.

- The retry queue is now limited by the audit_backlog_limit
  setting, the same as the other queues.  This allows admins
  to bound the size of all of the audit queues on the system.

- kauditd_rehold_skb() now returns records to the end of the
  hold queue to ensure ordering is preserved in the face of
  recent changes to kauditd_send_queue().

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 5b52330bbf ("audit: fix auditd/kernel connection state tracking")
Fixes: f4b3ee3c85 ("audit: improve robustness of the audit queue handling")
Reported-by: Gaosheng Cui <cuigaosheng1@huawei.com>
Tested-by: Gaosheng Cui <cuigaosheng1@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2022-02-08 18:34:03 +01:00
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bpf bpf: Guard against accessing NULL pt_regs in bpf_get_task_stack() 2022-02-01 17:26:59 +01:00
cgroup cpuset: Fix the bug that subpart_cpus updated wrongly in update_cpumask() 2022-02-05 12:38:59 +01:00
configs drivers/char: remove /dev/kmem for good 2021-05-07 00:26:34 -07:00
debug kdb: Adopt scheduler's task classification 2021-11-18 19:17:06 +01:00
dma dma/pool: create dma atomic pool only if dma zone has managed pages 2022-01-27 11:03:00 +01:00
entry signal: Replace force_fatal_sig with force_exit_sig when in doubt 2021-11-25 09:49:07 +01:00
events perf/core: Fix cgroup event list management 2022-02-01 17:27:15 +01:00
gcov Kconfig: Introduce ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR and CC_HAS_NO_PROFILE_FN_ATTR 2021-06-22 11:07:18 -07:00
irq PCI/MSI: Move non-mask check back into low level accessors 2021-11-18 19:17:14 +01:00
kcsan LKMM updates: 2021-09-02 13:00:15 -07:00
livepatch livepatch: Replace deprecated CPU-hotplug functions. 2021-08-19 12:00:24 +02:00
locking locking/rtmutex: Fix incorrect condition in rtmutex_spin_on_owner() 2021-12-22 09:32:48 +01:00
power PM: wakeup: simplify the output logic of pm_show_wakelocks() 2022-02-01 17:27:00 +01:00
printk printk: restore flushing of NMI buffers on remote CPUs after NMI backtraces 2021-11-25 09:48:45 +01:00
rcu rcu: Tighten rcu_advance_cbs_nowake() checks 2022-01-29 10:58:25 +01:00
sched psi: fix "defined but not used" warnings when CONFIG_PROC_FS=n 2022-02-01 17:27:15 +01:00
time clocksource: Avoid accidental unstable marking of clocksources 2022-01-27 11:04:08 +01:00
trace tracing: Don't inc err_log entry count if entry allocation fails 2022-02-01 17:27:00 +01:00
.gitignore .gitignore: prefix local generated files with a slash 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
acct.c kernel/acct.c: use dedicated helper to access rlimit values 2021-09-08 11:50:26 -07:00
async.c kernel/async.c: remove async_unregister_domain() 2021-05-07 00:26:33 -07:00
audit_fsnotify.c audit_alloc_mark(): don't open-code ERR_CAST() 2021-02-23 10:25:27 -05:00
audit_tree.c audit: move put_tree() to avoid trim_trees refcount underflow and UAF 2021-08-24 18:52:36 -04:00
audit_watch.c
audit.c audit: improve audit queue handling when "audit=1" on cmdline 2022-02-08 18:34:03 +01:00
audit.h audit: add header protection to kernel/audit.h 2021-07-19 22:38:24 -04:00
auditfilter.c lsm: separate security_task_getsecid() into subjective and objective variants 2021-03-22 15:23:32 -04:00
auditsc.c audit: fix possible null-pointer dereference in audit_filter_rules 2021-10-18 18:27:47 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c capability: handle idmapped mounts 2021-01-24 14:27:16 +01:00
cfi.c cfi: Use rcu_read_{un}lock_sched_notrace 2021-08-11 13:11:12 -07:00
compat.c arch: remove compat_alloc_user_space 2021-09-08 15:32:35 -07:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu_pm.c PM: cpu: Make notifier chain use a raw_spinlock_t 2021-08-16 18:55:32 +02:00
cpu.c sched/scs: Reset task stack state in bringup_cpu() 2021-12-01 09:04:54 +01:00
crash_core.c kernel/crash_core: suppress unknown crashkernel parameter warning 2021-12-29 12:28:49 +01:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c ucounts: Move get_ucounts from cred_alloc_blank to key_change_session_keyring 2021-10-20 10:34:20 -05:00
delayacct.c delayacct: Add sysctl to enable at runtime 2021-05-12 11:43:25 +02:00
dma.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c io_uring: remove files pointer in cancellation functions 2021-08-23 13:10:37 -06:00
extable.c
fail_function.c fault-injection: handle EI_ETYPE_TRUE 2020-12-15 22:46:19 -08:00
fork.c posix-cpu-timers: Clear task::posix_cputimers_work in copy_process() 2021-11-18 19:17:14 +01:00
freezer.c sched: Add get_current_state() 2021-06-18 11:43:08 +02:00
futex.c futex: Remove unused variable 'vpid' in futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() 2021-09-03 23:00:22 +02:00
gen_kheaders.sh kbuild: clean up ${quiet} checks in shell scripts 2021-05-27 04:01:50 +09:00
groups.c groups: simplify struct group_info allocation 2021-02-26 09:41:03 -08:00
hung_task.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2021-07-02 12:08:10 -07:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c irq_work: Make irq_work_queue() NMI-safe again 2021-06-10 10:00:08 +02:00
jump_label.c jump_label: Fix jump_label_text_reserved() vs __init 2021-07-05 10:46:20 +02:00
kallsyms.c module: add printk formats to add module build ID to stacktraces 2021-07-08 11:48:22 -07:00
kcmp.c Merge branch 'exec-update-lock-for-v5.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2020-12-15 19:36:48 -08:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking/rwlock: Provide RT variant 2021-08-17 17:50:51 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt sched/core: Disable CONFIG_SCHED_CORE by default 2021-06-28 22:43:05 +02:00
kcov.c
kexec_core.c Merge branch 'rework/printk_safe-removal' into for-linus 2021-08-30 16:36:10 +02:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c kernel: kexec_file: fix error return code of kexec_calculate_store_digests() 2021-05-07 00:26:32 -07:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: move machine_kexec_post_load() to public interface 2021-02-22 12:33:26 +00:00
kexec.c kexec: avoid compat_alloc_user_space 2021-09-08 15:32:34 -07:00
kheaders.c
kmod.c modules: add CONFIG_MODPROBE_PATH 2021-05-07 00:26:33 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Limit max data_size of the kretprobe instances 2021-12-08 09:04:41 +01:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2021-06-29 17:29:11 -07:00
latencytop.c
Makefile kbuild: update config_data.gz only when the content of .config is changed 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
module_signature.c module: harden ELF info handling 2021-01-19 10:24:45 +01:00
module_signing.c module: harden ELF info handling 2021-01-19 10:24:45 +01:00
module-internal.h
module.c module: fix clang CFI with MODULE_UNLOAD=n 2021-09-28 12:56:26 +02:00
notifier.c notifier: Remove atomic_notifier_call_chain_robust() 2021-08-16 18:55:32 +02:00
nsproxy.c memcg: enable accounting for new namesapces and struct nsproxy 2021-09-03 09:58:12 -07:00
padata.c padata: Remove repeated verbose license text 2021-08-27 16:30:18 +08:00
panic.c Merge branch 'rework/printk_safe-removal' into for-linus 2021-08-30 16:36:10 +02:00
params.c params: lift param_set_uint_minmax to common code 2021-08-16 14:42:22 +02:00
pid_namespace.c memcg: enable accounting for new namesapces and struct nsproxy 2021-09-03 09:58:12 -07:00
pid.c kernel/pid.c: implement additional checks upon pidfd_create() parameters 2021-08-10 12:53:07 +02:00
profile.c profiling: fix shift-out-of-bounds bugs 2021-09-08 11:50:26 -07:00
ptrace.c sched: Change task_struct::state 2021-06-18 11:43:09 +02:00
range.c
reboot.c reboot: Add hardware protection power-off 2021-06-21 13:08:36 +01:00
regset.c
relay.c relay: allow the use of const callback structs 2020-12-15 22:46:18 -08:00
resource_kunit.c
resource.c kernel/resource: fix return code check in __request_free_mem_region 2021-05-14 19:41:32 -07:00
rseq.c KVM: rseq: Update rseq when processing NOTIFY_RESUME on xfer to KVM guest 2021-09-22 10:24:01 -04:00
scftorture.c scftorture: Avoid NULL pointer exception on early exit 2021-07-27 11:39:30 -07:00
scs.c scs: Release kasan vmalloc poison in scs_free process 2021-11-18 19:16:29 +01:00
seccomp.c Merge branch 'exit-cleanups-for-v5.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2021-09-01 14:52:05 -07:00
signal.c signal: Replace force_fatal_sig with force_exit_sig when in doubt 2021-11-25 09:49:07 +01:00
smp.c smp: Fix all kernel-doc warnings 2021-08-11 14:47:16 +02:00
smpboot.c smpboot: Replace deprecated CPU-hotplug functions. 2021-08-10 14:57:42 +02:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c genirq: Change force_irqthreads to a static key 2021-08-10 22:50:07 +02:00
stackleak.c
stacktrace.c
static_call.c static_call: Fix static_call_text_reserved() vs __init 2021-07-05 10:46:33 +02:00
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Add caller debug info to queue_stop_cpus_work 2021-03-23 16:01:58 +01:00
sys_ni.c compat: remove some compat entry points 2021-09-08 15:32:35 -07:00
sys.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2021-09-08 12:55:35 -07:00
sysctl-test.c kernel/sysctl-test: Remove some casts which are no-longer required 2021-06-23 16:41:24 -06:00
sysctl.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2021-09-03 10:08:28 -07:00
task_work.c kasan: record task_work_add() call stack 2021-04-30 11:20:42 -07:00
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c torture: Replace deprecated CPU-hotplug functions. 2021-08-10 10:48:07 -07:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: Fix kerneldoc comments 2021-08-16 11:39:51 -04:00
tsacct.c taskstats: Cleanup the use of task->exit_code 2022-01-27 11:05:35 +01:00
ucount.c ucount: Make get_ucount a safe get_user replacement 2022-02-01 17:27:00 +01:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c kernel/umh.c: fix some spelling mistakes 2021-05-07 00:26:34 -07:00
up.c A set of locking related fixes and updates: 2021-05-09 13:07:03 -07:00
user_namespace.c memcg: enable accounting for new namesapces and struct nsproxy 2021-09-03 09:58:12 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c fs/epoll: use a per-cpu counter for user's watches count 2021-09-08 11:50:27 -07:00
usermode_driver.c Merge branch 'work.namei' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2021-07-03 11:41:14 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
watch_queue.c watch_queue: rectify kernel-doc for init_watch() 2021-01-26 11:16:34 +00:00
watchdog_hld.c
watchdog.c kernel: watchdog: modify the explanation related to watchdog thread 2021-06-29 10:53:46 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: Assign a color to barrier work items 2021-08-17 07:49:10 -10:00
workqueue.c workqueue: Fix unbind_workers() VS wq_worker_running() race 2022-01-16 09:12:41 +01:00