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<title>linux-stable.git/kernel/auditfilter.c, branch linux-7.0.y</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T01:06:51+00:00</published>
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This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much
smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex()
interface.

As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute
force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather
than 'objs*'.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much
smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex()
interface.

As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute
force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather
than 'objs*'.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00</published>
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types</title>
<updated>2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>kees@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00</published>
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>audit: Use kzalloc() instead of kmalloc()/memset() in audit_krule_to_data()</title>
<updated>2025-11-07T21:38:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gongwei Li</name>
<email>ligongwei@kylinos.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-05T10:36:19+00:00</published>
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Replace kmalloc+memset by kzalloc for better readability and simplicity.

This addresses the warning below:
WARNING: kzalloc should be used for data, instead of kmalloc/memset

Signed-off-by: Gongwei Li &lt;ligongwei@kylinos.cn&gt;
[PM: subject and description tweaks]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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Replace kmalloc+memset by kzalloc for better readability and simplicity.

This addresses the warning below:
WARNING: kzalloc should be used for data, instead of kmalloc/memset

Signed-off-by: Gongwei Li &lt;ligongwei@kylinos.cn&gt;
[PM: subject and description tweaks]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'audit-pr-20250926' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/audit</title>
<updated>2025-09-30T15:22:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-30T15:22:16+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Pull audit updates from Paul Moore:

 - Proper audit support for multiple LSMs

   As the audit subsystem predated the work to enable multiple LSMs,
   some additional work was needed to support logging the different LSM
   labels for the subjects/tasks and objects on the system. Casey's
   patches add new auxillary records for subjects and objects that
   convey the additional labels.

 - Ensure fanotify audit events are always generated

   Generally speaking security relevant subsystems always generate audit
   events, unless explicitly ignored. However, up to this point fanotify
   events had been ignored by default, but starting with this pull
   request fanotify follows convention and generates audit events by
   default.

 - Replace an instance of strcpy() with strscpy()

 - Minor indentation, style, and comment fixes

* tag 'audit-pr-20250926' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/audit:
  audit: fix skb leak when audit rate limit is exceeded
  audit: init ab-&gt;skb_list earlier in audit_buffer_alloc()
  audit: add record for multiple object contexts
  audit: add record for multiple task security contexts
  lsm: security_lsmblob_to_secctx module selection
  audit: create audit_stamp structure
  audit: add a missing tab
  audit: record fanotify event regardless of presence of rules
  audit: fix typo in auditfilter.c comment
  audit: Replace deprecated strcpy() with strscpy()
  audit: fix indentation in audit_log_exit()
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Pull audit updates from Paul Moore:

 - Proper audit support for multiple LSMs

   As the audit subsystem predated the work to enable multiple LSMs,
   some additional work was needed to support logging the different LSM
   labels for the subjects/tasks and objects on the system. Casey's
   patches add new auxillary records for subjects and objects that
   convey the additional labels.

 - Ensure fanotify audit events are always generated

   Generally speaking security relevant subsystems always generate audit
   events, unless explicitly ignored. However, up to this point fanotify
   events had been ignored by default, but starting with this pull
   request fanotify follows convention and generates audit events by
   default.

 - Replace an instance of strcpy() with strscpy()

 - Minor indentation, style, and comment fixes

* tag 'audit-pr-20250926' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/audit:
  audit: fix skb leak when audit rate limit is exceeded
  audit: init ab-&gt;skb_list earlier in audit_buffer_alloc()
  audit: add record for multiple object contexts
  audit: add record for multiple task security contexts
  lsm: security_lsmblob_to_secctx module selection
  audit: create audit_stamp structure
  audit: add a missing tab
  audit: record fanotify event regardless of presence of rules
  audit: fix typo in auditfilter.c comment
  audit: Replace deprecated strcpy() with strscpy()
  audit: fix indentation in audit_log_exit()
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>audit: fix out-of-bounds read in audit_compare_dname_path()</title>
<updated>2025-09-03T20:46:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stanislav Fort</name>
<email>stanislav.fort@aisle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-02T11:00:49+00:00</published>
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When a watch on dir=/ is combined with an fsnotify event for a
single-character name directly under / (e.g., creating /a), an
out-of-bounds read can occur in audit_compare_dname_path().

The helper parent_len() returns 1 for "/". In audit_compare_dname_path(),
when parentlen equals the full path length (1), the code sets p = path + 1
and pathlen = 1 - 1 = 0. The subsequent loop then dereferences
p[pathlen - 1] (i.e., p[-1]), causing an out-of-bounds read.

Fix this by adding a pathlen &gt; 0 check to the while loop condition
to prevent the out-of-bounds access.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: e92eebb0d611 ("audit: fix suffixed '/' filename matching")
Reported-by: Stanislav Fort &lt;disclosure@aisle.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fort &lt;stanislav.fort@aisle.com&gt;
[PM: subject tweak, sign-off email fixes]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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When a watch on dir=/ is combined with an fsnotify event for a
single-character name directly under / (e.g., creating /a), an
out-of-bounds read can occur in audit_compare_dname_path().

The helper parent_len() returns 1 for "/". In audit_compare_dname_path(),
when parentlen equals the full path length (1), the code sets p = path + 1
and pathlen = 1 - 1 = 0. The subsequent loop then dereferences
p[pathlen - 1] (i.e., p[-1]), causing an out-of-bounds read.

Fix this by adding a pathlen &gt; 0 check to the while loop condition
to prevent the out-of-bounds access.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: e92eebb0d611 ("audit: fix suffixed '/' filename matching")
Reported-by: Stanislav Fort &lt;disclosure@aisle.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fort &lt;stanislav.fort@aisle.com&gt;
[PM: subject tweak, sign-off email fixes]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>audit: fix typo in auditfilter.c comment</title>
<updated>2025-08-11T15:44:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kieran Moy</name>
<email>kfatyuip@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-05T07:48:10+00:00</published>
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Correct the misspelling of "searching" (was "serarching")
in the function documentation for audit_update_lsm_rules.

Found via code inspection, no functional impact.

Signed-off-by: Kieran Moy &lt;kfatyuip@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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Correct the misspelling of "searching" (was "serarching")
in the function documentation for audit_update_lsm_rules.

Found via code inspection, no functional impact.

Signed-off-by: Kieran Moy &lt;kfatyuip@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>audit: fix suffixed '/' filename matching</title>
<updated>2024-12-06T00:22:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ricardo Robaina</name>
<email>rrobaina@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-22T12:18:43+00:00</published>
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When the user specifies a directory to delete with the suffix '/',
the audit record fails to collect the filename, resulting in the
following logs:

 type=PATH msg=audit(10/30/2024 14:11:17.796:6304) : item=2 name=(null)
 type=PATH msg=audit(10/30/2024 14:11:17.796:6304) : item=1 name=(null)

It happens because the value of the variables dname, and n-&gt;name-&gt;name
in __audit_inode_child() differ only by the suffix '/'. This commit
treats this corner case by handling pathname's trailing slashes in
audit_compare_dname_path().

Steps to reproduce the issue:

 # auditctl -w /tmp
 $ mkdir /tmp/foo
 $ rm -r /tmp/foo/
 # ausearch -i | grep PATH | tail -3

The first version of this patch was based on a GitHub patch/PR by
user @hqh2010 [1].

Link: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/pull/148 [1]

Suggested-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina &lt;rrobaina@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs &lt;rgb@redhat.com&gt;
[PM: subject tweak, trim old metadata]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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When the user specifies a directory to delete with the suffix '/',
the audit record fails to collect the filename, resulting in the
following logs:

 type=PATH msg=audit(10/30/2024 14:11:17.796:6304) : item=2 name=(null)
 type=PATH msg=audit(10/30/2024 14:11:17.796:6304) : item=1 name=(null)

It happens because the value of the variables dname, and n-&gt;name-&gt;name
in __audit_inode_child() differ only by the suffix '/'. This commit
treats this corner case by handling pathname's trailing slashes in
audit_compare_dname_path().

Steps to reproduce the issue:

 # auditctl -w /tmp
 $ mkdir /tmp/foo
 $ rm -r /tmp/foo/
 # ausearch -i | grep PATH | tail -3

The first version of this patch was based on a GitHub patch/PR by
user @hqh2010 [1].

Link: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/pull/148 [1]

Suggested-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina &lt;rrobaina@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs &lt;rgb@redhat.com&gt;
[PM: subject tweak, trim old metadata]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>audit: change context data from secid to lsm_prop</title>
<updated>2024-10-11T18:34:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Casey Schaufler</name>
<email>casey@schaufler-ca.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-09T17:32:19+00:00</published>
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Change the LSM data stored in the audit transactions from a secid
to an LSM prop. This is done in struct audit_context and struct
audit_aux_data_pids. Several cases of scaffolding can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
[PM: subj line tweak]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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Change the LSM data stored in the audit transactions from a secid
to an LSM prop. This is done in struct audit_context and struct
audit_aux_data_pids. Several cases of scaffolding can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
[PM: subj line tweak]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>lsm: use lsm_prop in security_current_getsecid</title>
<updated>2024-10-11T18:34:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Casey Schaufler</name>
<email>casey@schaufler-ca.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-09T17:32:15+00:00</published>
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Change the security_current_getsecid_subj() and
security_task_getsecid_obj() interfaces to fill in a lsm_prop structure
instead of a u32 secid.  Audit interfaces will need to collect all
possible security data for possible reporting.

Cc: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org
Cc: audit@vger.kernel.org
Cc: selinux@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
[PM: subject line tweak]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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Change the security_current_getsecid_subj() and
security_task_getsecid_obj() interfaces to fill in a lsm_prop structure
instead of a u32 secid.  Audit interfaces will need to collect all
possible security data for possible reporting.

Cc: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org
Cc: audit@vger.kernel.org
Cc: selinux@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
[PM: subject line tweak]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
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