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<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>audit: fix potential integer overflow in audit_log_n_hex()</title>
<updated>2026-07-18T14:52:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ricardo Robaina</name>
<email>rrobaina@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-02T14:04:11+00:00</published>
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commit 65dfde57d1e29ce2b76fc23dd565eccd5c0bc0f0 upstream.

The function calculates new_len as len &lt;&lt; 1 for hex encoding. This
has two overflow risks: the shift itself can overflow when len is
large, and the result can be truncated when assigned to new_len
(declared as int) from the size_t calculation.

Fix by using check_shl_overflow() to catch shift overflow and
changing new_len and loop counter i to size_t to prevent truncation.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 168b7173959f ("AUDIT: Clean up logging of untrusted strings")
Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs &lt;rgb@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina &lt;rrobaina@redhat.com&gt;
[PM: remove vertical whitspace noise]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 65dfde57d1e29ce2b76fc23dd565eccd5c0bc0f0 upstream.

The function calculates new_len as len &lt;&lt; 1 for hex encoding. This
has two overflow risks: the shift itself can overflow when len is
large, and the result can be truncated when assigned to new_len
(declared as int) from the size_t calculation.

Fix by using check_shl_overflow() to catch shift overflow and
changing new_len and loop counter i to size_t to prevent truncation.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 168b7173959f ("AUDIT: Clean up logging of untrusted strings")
Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs &lt;rgb@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina &lt;rrobaina@redhat.com&gt;
[PM: remove vertical whitspace noise]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>audit: Fix data races of skb_queue_len() readers on audit_queue</title>
<updated>2026-07-18T14:52:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Chi Wang</name>
<email>wangchi@kylinos.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-19T07:42:44+00:00</published>
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commit c9a71daaecb2fb1d8c704545cc0b1c920b9bf5d7 upstream.

Multiple readers access audit_queue.qlen via skb_queue_len() without
holding the queue lock or using READ_ONCE(), while kauditd writes to
this field via the skb_dequeue() → __skb_unlink() path with WRITE_ONCE()
protected by a spinlock. This constitutes data races.

All affected skb_queue_len(&amp;audit_queue) call sites:
  - kauditd_thread() wait_event_freezable() condition
  - audit_receive_msg() AUDIT_GET handler (s.backlog assignment)
  - audit_receive() backlog check
  - audit_log_start() backlog check and pr_warn()

KCSAN reports the following conflicting access pattern (one example):
==================================================================
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in audit_log_start / skb_dequeue

write (marked) to 0xffffffff8512ee20 of 4 bytes by task 661 on cpu 57:
 skb_dequeue+0x70/0xf0
 kauditd_send_queue+0x71/0x220
 kauditd_thread+0x1cb/0x430
 kthread+0x1c2/0x210
 ret_from_fork+0x162/0x1a0
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

read to 0xffffffff8512ee20 of 4 bytes by task 36586 on cpu 1:
 audit_log_start+0x2a0/0x6b0
 audit_core_dumps+0x64/0xa0
 do_coredump+0x14b/0x1260
 get_signal+0xeb2/0xf70
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x41/0x170
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xa2/0x1c0
 do_syscall_64+0x1a3/0x1c0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0xe0

value changed: 0x00000001 -&gt; 0x00000000
==================================================================

Resolve the race by switching to lockless helper skb_queue_len_lockless(),
which internally uses READ_ONCE() and properly pairs with the WRITE_ONCE()
write accesses already present on the writer side.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 3197542482df ("audit: rework audit_log_start()")
Signed-off-by: Chi Wang &lt;wangchi@kylinos.cn&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ricardo Robaina &lt;rrobaina@redhat.com&gt;
[PM: line length tweak]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit c9a71daaecb2fb1d8c704545cc0b1c920b9bf5d7 upstream.

Multiple readers access audit_queue.qlen via skb_queue_len() without
holding the queue lock or using READ_ONCE(), while kauditd writes to
this field via the skb_dequeue() → __skb_unlink() path with WRITE_ONCE()
protected by a spinlock. This constitutes data races.

All affected skb_queue_len(&amp;audit_queue) call sites:
  - kauditd_thread() wait_event_freezable() condition
  - audit_receive_msg() AUDIT_GET handler (s.backlog assignment)
  - audit_receive() backlog check
  - audit_log_start() backlog check and pr_warn()

KCSAN reports the following conflicting access pattern (one example):
==================================================================
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in audit_log_start / skb_dequeue

write (marked) to 0xffffffff8512ee20 of 4 bytes by task 661 on cpu 57:
 skb_dequeue+0x70/0xf0
 kauditd_send_queue+0x71/0x220
 kauditd_thread+0x1cb/0x430
 kthread+0x1c2/0x210
 ret_from_fork+0x162/0x1a0
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

read to 0xffffffff8512ee20 of 4 bytes by task 36586 on cpu 1:
 audit_log_start+0x2a0/0x6b0
 audit_core_dumps+0x64/0xa0
 do_coredump+0x14b/0x1260
 get_signal+0xeb2/0xf70
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x41/0x170
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xa2/0x1c0
 do_syscall_64+0x1a3/0x1c0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0xe0

value changed: 0x00000001 -&gt; 0x00000000
==================================================================

Resolve the race by switching to lockless helper skb_queue_len_lockless(),
which internally uses READ_ONCE() and properly pairs with the WRITE_ONCE()
write accesses already present on the writer side.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 3197542482df ("audit: rework audit_log_start()")
Signed-off-by: Chi Wang &lt;wangchi@kylinos.cn&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ricardo Robaina &lt;rrobaina@redhat.com&gt;
[PM: line length tweak]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>audit: enforce AUDIT_LOCKED for AUDIT_TRIM and AUDIT_MAKE_EQUIV</title>
<updated>2026-05-23T11:04:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sergio Correia</name>
<email>scorreia@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-12T13:28:59+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
commit f9e1c1324b4d98d591a6f7568fdebf5cf456dfc2 upstream.

AUDIT_ADD_RULE and AUDIT_DEL_RULE correctly check for AUDIT_LOCKED
and return -EPERM, but AUDIT_TRIM and AUDIT_MAKE_EQUIV do not. This
allows a process with CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL to modify directory tree
watches and equivalence mappings even when the audit configuration
has been locked, undermining the purpose of the lock.

Add AUDIT_LOCKED checks to both commands.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Ricardo Robaina &lt;rrobaina@redhat.com&gt;
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Signed-off-by: Sergio Correia &lt;scorreia@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit f9e1c1324b4d98d591a6f7568fdebf5cf456dfc2 upstream.

AUDIT_ADD_RULE and AUDIT_DEL_RULE correctly check for AUDIT_LOCKED
and return -EPERM, but AUDIT_TRIM and AUDIT_MAKE_EQUIV do not. This
allows a process with CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL to modify directory tree
watches and equivalence mappings even when the audit configuration
has been locked, undermining the purpose of the lock.

Add AUDIT_LOCKED checks to both commands.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Ricardo Robaina &lt;rrobaina@redhat.com&gt;
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Signed-off-by: Sergio Correia &lt;scorreia@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>audit: Make use of str_enabled_disabled() helper</title>
<updated>2024-09-03T20:35:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Hongbo Li</name>
<email>lihongbo22@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-08-31T09:52:51+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Use str_enabled_disabled() helper instead of open
coding the same.

Signed-off-by: Hongbo Li &lt;lihongbo22@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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Use str_enabled_disabled() helper instead of open
coding the same.

Signed-off-by: Hongbo Li &lt;lihongbo22@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>audit: use task_tgid_nr() instead of task_pid_nr()</title>
<updated>2024-08-28T20:48:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ricardo Robaina</name>
<email>rrobaina@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-08-28T11:25:06+00:00</published>
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In a few audit records, PIDs were being recorded with task_pid_nr()
instead of task_tgid_nr().

$ grep "task_pid_nr" kernel/audit*.c
audit.c:       task_pid_nr(current),
auditfilter.c: pid = task_pid_nr(current);
auditsc.c:     audit_log_format(ab, " pid=%u", task_pid_nr(current));

For single-thread applications, the process id (pid) and the thread
group id (tgid) are the same. However, on multi-thread applications,
task_pid_nr() returns the current thread id (user-space's TID), while
task_tgid_nr() returns the main thread id (user-space's PID). Since
the users are more interested in the process id (pid), rather than the
thread id (tid), this patch converts these callers to the correct method.

Link: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/126

Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs &lt;rgb@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina &lt;rrobaina@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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In a few audit records, PIDs were being recorded with task_pid_nr()
instead of task_tgid_nr().

$ grep "task_pid_nr" kernel/audit*.c
audit.c:       task_pid_nr(current),
auditfilter.c: pid = task_pid_nr(current);
auditsc.c:     audit_log_format(ab, " pid=%u", task_pid_nr(current));

For single-thread applications, the process id (pid) and the thread
group id (tgid) are the same. However, on multi-thread applications,
task_pid_nr() returns the current thread id (user-space's TID), while
task_tgid_nr() returns the main thread id (user-space's PID). Since
the users are more interested in the process id (pid), rather than the
thread id (tid), this patch converts these callers to the correct method.

Link: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/126

Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs &lt;rgb@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina &lt;rrobaina@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>audit: use KMEM_CACHE() instead of kmem_cache_create()</title>
<updated>2024-01-25T15:12:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kunwu Chan</name>
<email>chentao@kylinos.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2024-01-24T06:02:24+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Use the new KMEM_CACHE() macro instead of direct kmem_cache_create
to simplify the creation of SLAB caches.

Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan &lt;chentao@kylinos.cn&gt;
[PM: subject line tweaks]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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Use the new KMEM_CACHE() macro instead of direct kmem_cache_create
to simplify the creation of SLAB caches.

Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan &lt;chentao@kylinos.cn&gt;
[PM: subject line tweaks]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>audit: Send netlink ACK before setting connection in auditd_set</title>
<updated>2023-11-13T03:33:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Chris Riches</name>
<email>chris.riches@nutanix.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-10-18T09:23:51+00:00</published>
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When auditd_set sets the auditd_conn pointer, audit messages can
immediately be put on the socket by other kernel threads. If the backlog
is large or the rate is high, this can immediately fill the socket
buffer. If the audit daemon requested an ACK for this operation, a full
socket buffer causes the ACK to get dropped, also setting ENOBUFS on the
socket.

To avoid this race and ensure ACKs get through, fast-track the ACK in
this specific case to ensure it is sent before auditd_conn is set.

Signed-off-by: Chris Riches &lt;chris.riches@nutanix.com&gt;
[PM: fix some tab vs space damage]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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When auditd_set sets the auditd_conn pointer, audit messages can
immediately be put on the socket by other kernel threads. If the backlog
is large or the rate is high, this can immediately fill the socket
buffer. If the audit daemon requested an ACK for this operation, a full
socket buffer causes the ACK to get dropped, also setting ENOBUFS on the
socket.

To avoid this race and ensure ACKs get through, fast-track the ACK in
this specific case to ensure it is sent before auditd_conn is set.

Signed-off-by: Chris Riches &lt;chris.riches@nutanix.com&gt;
[PM: fix some tab vs space damage]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>audit: move trailing statements to next line</title>
<updated>2023-08-15T22:16:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Atul Kumar Pant</name>
<email>atulpant.linux@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-15T20:47:51+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Fixes following checkpatch.pl issue:
ERROR: trailing statements should be on next line

Signed-off-by: Atul Kumar Pant &lt;atulpant.linux@gmail.com&gt;
[PM: subject line tweak]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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<pre>
Fixes following checkpatch.pl issue:
ERROR: trailing statements should be on next line

Signed-off-by: Atul Kumar Pant &lt;atulpant.linux@gmail.com&gt;
[PM: subject line tweak]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>audit: include security.h unconditionally</title>
<updated>2023-07-20T19:06:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Xiu Jianfeng</name>
<email>xiujianfeng@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-07-20T01:50:32+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
The ifdef-else logic is already in the header file, so include it
unconditionally, no functional changes here.

Signed-off-by: Xiu Jianfeng &lt;xiujianfeng@huawei.com&gt;
[PM: fixed misspelling in the subject]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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<pre>
The ifdef-else logic is already in the header file, so include it
unconditionally, no functional changes here.

Signed-off-by: Xiu Jianfeng &lt;xiujianfeng@huawei.com&gt;
[PM: fixed misspelling in the subject]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>audit: use time_after to compare time</title>
<updated>2022-08-29T23:47:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>wuchi</name>
<email>wuchi.zero@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-08-29T16:26:09+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Using time_{*} macro to compare time is better

Signed-off-by: wuchi &lt;wuchi.zero@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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<pre>
Using time_{*} macro to compare time is better

Signed-off-by: wuchi &lt;wuchi.zero@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
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