linux.git/kernel/audit_watch.c, branch v7.2-rc1 Linux kernel source tree audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() 2026-05-27T23:15:34+00:00 Ricardo Robaina rrobaina@redhat.com 2026-05-27T23:15:34+00:00 81905b5acbe77284734438df3fbec1158e6429a3 A deadlock occurs in the audit subsystem when duplicating executable-related rules. When a file is moved (e.g., via do_renameat2()), the VFS layer locks the parent directory (I_MUTEX_PARENT), which synchronously triggers an fsnotify_move event. If an existing executable audit rule matches the file being moved, the audit subsystem catches this event and calls audit_dupe_exe() to duplicate the watch and update the rule. Then, audit_alloc_mark() would call kern_path_parent() to resolve the path, leading to a blind attempt to acquire the exact same I_MUTEX_PARENT lock already held by the task, resulting in the following recursive locking deadlock: ============================================ WARNING: possible recursive locking detected 6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0.x86_64+debug #1 Not tainted -------------------------------------------- mv/5099 is trying to acquire lock: ffff888132845358 (&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __kern_path_locked+0x10a/0x2f0 but task is already holding lock: ffff888132846b58 (&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: lock_two_directories+0x13f/0x2b0 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 ---- lock(&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1); lock(&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1); *** DEADLOCK *** May be due to missing lock nesting notation 6 locks held by mv/5099: #0: ffff888112a9c440 (sb_writers#13) at: do_renameat2+0x34c/0xbc0 #1: ffff888112a9c790 (&type->s_vfs_rename_key#3) at: do_renameat2+0x415/0xbc0 #2: ffff888132846b58 (&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1) at: lock_two_directories+0x13f/0x2b0 #3: ffff888132845358 (&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/5) at: lock_two_directories+0x175/0x2b0 #4: ffffffffb3a1fb10 (&fsnotify_mark_srcu) at: fsnotify+0x454/0x28a0 #5: ffffffffaf886230 (audit_filter_mutex) at: audit_update_watch+0x36/0x11e0 stack backtrace: Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x6f/0xb0 print_deadlock_bug.cold+0xbd/0xca validate_chain+0x83a/0xf00 __lock_acquire+0xcac/0x1d20 lock_acquire.part.0+0x11b/0x360 down_write_nested+0x9f/0x230 __kern_path_locked+0x10a/0x2f0 kern_path_locked+0x26/0x40 audit_alloc_mark+0xfb/0x4f0 audit_dupe_exe+0x6c/0xe0 audit_dupe_rule+0x6c2/0xc00 audit_update_watch+0x4cc/0x11e0 audit_watch_handle_event+0x12c/0x1b0 send_to_group+0x5d0/0x8b0 fsnotify+0x615/0x28a0 fsnotify_move+0x1d8/0x630 vfs_rename+0xdcd/0x1df0 do_renameat2+0x9d4/0xbc0 __x64_sys_renameat+0x192/0x260 do_syscall_64+0x92/0x180 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e RIP: 0033:0x7f0491fe8c4e Code: 0f 1f 40 00 48 8b 15 c1 e1 16 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 49 89 ca b8 08 01 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 0a c3 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8b 15 89 RSP: 002b:00007ffc7210bf38 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000108 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f0491fe8c4e RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: 00007ffc7210e6c8 RDI: 00000000ffffff9c RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001 R10: 00005575eb2dae2a R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00005575eb2dae2a R13: 00007ffc7210e6c8 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: 00000000ffffff9c </TASK> The aforementioned deadlock can be consistently reproduced by running the script below: audit-dupe-exe-deadlock.sh -------------------------- #!/bin/bash auditctl -D mkdir -p /tmp/foo touch /tmp/file auditctl -a always,exit -F exe=/tmp/file -F path=/tmp/file -S all -k dr mv /tmp/file /tmp/foo/file rm -Rf /tmp/foo This patch fixes the issue by introducing struct audit_watch_ctx to pass the fsnotify event context down to audit_alloc_mark(). By utilizing the already-resolved directory inode provided by the event, we bypass the kern_path_parent() path resolution entirely, safely avoiding the recursive lock. Furthermore, it explicitly allows duplicate fsnotify marks (allow_dups = 1) during the rename update, allowing the new rule's mark to safely coexist with the old rule's mark until the old rule is freed. P.S.: This issue was identified and reproduced during a comprehensive code coverage analysis of the audit subsystem. The full report is available at the link below: https://people.redhat.com/rrobaina/audit-code-coverage-analysis.pdf P.P.S: With the permission of both Ricardo and Nathan, I've squashed a fixup patch from Nathan that addresses a compile time error when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL=n. Cc: stable@kernel.org Fixes: 34d99af52ad4 ("audit: implement audit by executable") Acked-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Acked-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com> [PM: move link metadata into the msg, apply fix from NC] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> 
A deadlock occurs in the audit subsystem when duplicating
executable-related rules.

When a file is moved (e.g., via do_renameat2()), the VFS layer locks
the parent directory (I_MUTEX_PARENT), which synchronously triggers an
fsnotify_move event. If an existing executable audit rule matches the
file being moved, the audit subsystem catches this event and calls
audit_dupe_exe() to duplicate the watch and update the rule. Then,
audit_alloc_mark() would call kern_path_parent() to resolve the path,
leading to a blind attempt to acquire the exact same I_MUTEX_PARENT lock
already held by the task, resulting in the following recursive locking
deadlock:

 ============================================
 WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
 6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0.x86_64+debug #1 Not tainted
 --------------------------------------------
 mv/5099 is trying to acquire lock:
 ffff888132845358 (&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1){+.+.}-{3:3},
 at: __kern_path_locked+0x10a/0x2f0

 but task is already holding lock:
 ffff888132846b58 (&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1){+.+.}-{3:3},
 at: lock_two_directories+0x13f/0x2b0

 other info that might help us debug this:
  Possible unsafe locking scenario:

        CPU0
        ----
   lock(&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1);
   lock(&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1);

  *** DEADLOCK ***

  May be due to missing lock nesting notation

  6 locks held by mv/5099:
  #0: ffff888112a9c440 (sb_writers#13)
  at: do_renameat2+0x34c/0xbc0
  #1: ffff888112a9c790 (&type->s_vfs_rename_key#3)
  at: do_renameat2+0x415/0xbc0
  #2: ffff888132846b58 (&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1)
  at: lock_two_directories+0x13f/0x2b0
  #3: ffff888132845358 (&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/5)
  at: lock_two_directories+0x175/0x2b0
  #4: ffffffffb3a1fb10 (&fsnotify_mark_srcu)
  at: fsnotify+0x454/0x28a0
  #5: ffffffffaf886230 (audit_filter_mutex)
  at: audit_update_watch+0x36/0x11e0

 stack backtrace:
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  dump_stack_lvl+0x6f/0xb0
  print_deadlock_bug.cold+0xbd/0xca
  validate_chain+0x83a/0xf00
  __lock_acquire+0xcac/0x1d20
  lock_acquire.part.0+0x11b/0x360
  down_write_nested+0x9f/0x230
  __kern_path_locked+0x10a/0x2f0
  kern_path_locked+0x26/0x40
  audit_alloc_mark+0xfb/0x4f0
  audit_dupe_exe+0x6c/0xe0
  audit_dupe_rule+0x6c2/0xc00
  audit_update_watch+0x4cc/0x11e0
  audit_watch_handle_event+0x12c/0x1b0
  send_to_group+0x5d0/0x8b0
  fsnotify+0x615/0x28a0
  fsnotify_move+0x1d8/0x630
  vfs_rename+0xdcd/0x1df0
  do_renameat2+0x9d4/0xbc0
  __x64_sys_renameat+0x192/0x260
  do_syscall_64+0x92/0x180
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
 RIP: 0033:0x7f0491fe8c4e
 Code: 0f 1f 40 00 48 8b 15 c1 e1 16 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff
 c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 49 89 ca b8 08 01 00 00 0f 05 <48>
 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 0a c3 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8b 15 89
 RSP: 002b:00007ffc7210bf38 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000108
 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f0491fe8c4e
 RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: 00007ffc7210e6c8 RDI: 00000000ffffff9c
 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001
 R10: 00005575eb2dae2a R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00005575eb2dae2a
 R13: 00007ffc7210e6c8 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: 00000000ffffff9c
  </TASK>

The aforementioned deadlock can be consistently reproduced by running
the script below:

 audit-dupe-exe-deadlock.sh
 --------------------------
 #!/bin/bash
 auditctl -D
 mkdir -p /tmp/foo
 touch /tmp/file
 auditctl -a always,exit -F exe=/tmp/file -F path=/tmp/file -S all -k dr
 mv /tmp/file /tmp/foo/file
 rm -Rf /tmp/foo

This patch fixes the issue by introducing struct audit_watch_ctx to pass
the fsnotify event context down to audit_alloc_mark(). By utilizing the
already-resolved directory inode provided by the event, we bypass the
kern_path_parent() path resolution entirely, safely avoiding the
recursive lock. Furthermore, it explicitly allows duplicate fsnotify
marks (allow_dups = 1) during the rename update, allowing the new rule's
mark to safely coexist with the old rule's mark until the old rule is
freed.

P.S.: This issue was identified and reproduced during a comprehensive
code coverage analysis of the audit subsystem. The full report is
available at the link below:

https://people.redhat.com/rrobaina/audit-code-coverage-analysis.pdf

P.P.S: With the permission of both Ricardo and Nathan, I've squashed a
fixup patch from Nathan that addresses a compile time error when
CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL=n.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Fixes: 34d99af52ad4 ("audit: implement audit by executable")
Acked-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
[PM: move link metadata into the msg, apply fix from NC]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
audit: use 'unsigned int' instead of 'unsigned' 2026-05-26T21:15:30+00:00 Ricardo Robaina rrobaina@redhat.com 2026-05-14T15:13:20+00:00 8b226771014beab1292081151a99530886ce54b4 Address checkpatch.pl warning below, across the audit subsystem: WARNING: Prefer 'unsigned int' to bare use of 'unsigned' Minor cleanup, no functional changes. Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> 
Address checkpatch.pl warning below, across the audit subsystem:

  WARNING: Prefer 'unsigned int' to bare use of 'unsigned'

Minor cleanup, no functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
audit: widen ino fields to u64 2026-03-06T13:31:26+00:00 Jeff Layton jlayton@kernel.org 2026-03-04T15:32:32+00:00 125dfa218134df7cc112667e92984de9d8cd0bf6 inode->i_ino is being widened from unsigned long to u64. The audit subsystem uses unsigned long ino in struct fields, function parameters, and local variables that store inode numbers from arbitrary filesystems. On 32-bit platforms this truncates inode numbers that exceed 32 bits, which will cause incorrect audit log entries and broken watch/mark comparisons. Widen all audit ino fields, parameters, and locals to u64, and update the inode format string from %lu to %llu to match. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260304-iino-u64-v3-2-2257ad83d372@kernel.org Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> 
inode->i_ino is being widened from unsigned long to u64. The audit
subsystem uses unsigned long ino in struct fields, function parameters,
and local variables that store inode numbers from arbitrary filesystems.
On 32-bit platforms this truncates inode numbers that exceed 32 bits,
which will cause incorrect audit log entries and broken watch/mark
comparisons.

Widen all audit ino fields, parameters, and locals to u64, and update
the inode format string from %lu to %llu to match.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260304-iino-u64-v3-2-2257ad83d372@kernel.org
Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00 bf4afc53b77aeaa48b5409da5c8da6bb4eff7f43 This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\<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 <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\<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 <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00 Kees Cook kees@kernel.org 2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00 69050f8d6d075dc01af7a5f2f550a8067510366f 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 <kees@kernel.org> 
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 <kees@kernel.org>
VFS/audit: introduce kern_path_parent() for audit 2025-09-23T10:37:35+00:00 NeilBrown neil@brown.name 2025-09-22T04:29:51+00:00 76a53de6f7ff0641570364234fb4489f4d4fc8e9 audit_alloc_mark() and audit_get_nd() both need to perform a path lookup getting the parent dentry (which must exist) and the final target (following a LAST_NORM name) which sometimes doesn't need to exist. They don't need the parent to be locked, but use kern_path_locked() or kern_path_locked_negative() anyway. This is somewhat misleading to the casual reader. This patch introduces a more targeted function, kern_path_parent(), which returns not holding locks. On success the "path" will be set to the parent, which must be found, and the return value is the dentry of the target, which might be negative. This will clear the way to rename kern_path_locked() which is otherwise only used to prepare for removing something. It also allows us to remove kern_path_locked_negative(), which is transformed into the new kern_path_parent(). Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> 
audit_alloc_mark() and audit_get_nd() both need to perform a path
lookup getting the parent dentry (which must exist) and the final
target (following a LAST_NORM name) which sometimes doesn't need to
exist.

They don't need the parent to be locked, but use kern_path_locked() or
kern_path_locked_negative() anyway.  This is somewhat misleading to the
casual reader.

This patch introduces a more targeted function, kern_path_parent(),
which returns not holding locks.  On success the "path" will
be set to the parent, which must be found, and the return value is the
dentry of the target, which might be negative.

This will clear the way to rename kern_path_locked() which is
otherwise only used to prepare for removing something.

It also allows us to remove kern_path_locked_negative(), which is
transformed into the new kern_path_parent().

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
fs: add kern_path_locked_negative() 2025-04-15T09:32:34+00:00 Christian Brauner brauner@kernel.org 2025-04-14T20:13:33+00:00 c86b300b1ea35959a6e2a63a6497226a6ea90b67 The audit code relies on the fact that kern_path_locked() returned a path even for a negative dentry. If it doesn't find a valid dentry it immediately calls: audit_find_parent(d_backing_inode(parent_path.dentry)); which assumes that parent_path.dentry is still valid. But it isn't since kern_path_locked() has been changed to path_put() also for a negative dentry. Fix this by adding a helper that implements the required audit semantics and allows us to fix the immediate bleeding. We can find a unified solution for this afterwards. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250414-rennt-wimmeln-f186c3a780f1@brauner Fixes: 1c3cb50b58c3 ("VFS: change kern_path_locked() and user_path_locked_at() to never return negative dentry") Reported-and-tested-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> 
The audit code relies on the fact that kern_path_locked() returned a
path even for a negative dentry. If it doesn't find a valid dentry it
immediately calls:

    audit_find_parent(d_backing_inode(parent_path.dentry));

which assumes that parent_path.dentry is still valid. But it isn't since
kern_path_locked() has been changed to path_put() also for a negative
dentry.

Fix this by adding a helper that implements the required audit semantics
and allows us to fix the immediate bleeding. We can find a unified
solution for this afterwards.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250414-rennt-wimmeln-f186c3a780f1@brauner
Fixes: 1c3cb50b58c3 ("VFS: change kern_path_locked() and user_path_locked_at() to never return negative dentry")
Reported-and-tested-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
VFS: change kern_path_locked() and user_path_locked_at() to never return negative dentry 2025-02-19T13:08:41+00:00 NeilBrown neilb@suse.de 2025-02-17T00:27:20+00:00 1c3cb50b58c30e37d88d0b46aa093ce331f4678d No callers of kern_path_locked() or user_path_locked_at() want a negative dentry. So change them to return -ENOENT instead. This simplifies callers. This results in a subtle change to bcachefs in that an ioctl will now return -ENOENT in preference to -EXDEV. I believe this restores the behaviour to what it was prior to Commit bbe6a7c899e7 ("bch2_ioctl_subvolume_destroy(): fix locking") Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250217003020.3170652-2-neilb@suse.de Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> 
No callers of kern_path_locked() or user_path_locked_at() want a
negative dentry.  So change them to return -ENOENT instead.  This
simplifies callers.

This results in a subtle change to bcachefs in that an ioctl will now
return -ENOENT in preference to -EXDEV.  I believe this restores the
behaviour to what it was prior to
 Commit bbe6a7c899e7 ("bch2_ioctl_subvolume_destroy(): fix locking")

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250217003020.3170652-2-neilb@suse.de
Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
fsnotify: create a wrapper fsnotify_find_inode_mark() 2024-04-04T14:24:16+00:00 Amir Goldstein amir73il@gmail.com 2024-03-17T18:41:47+00:00 230d97d39ee2eb9030309f04f98615aaeb420dac In preparation to passing an object pointer to fsnotify_find_mark(), add a wrapper fsnotify_find_inode_mark() and use it where possible. Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Message-Id: <20240317184154.1200192-4-amir73il@gmail.com> 
In preparation to passing an object pointer to fsnotify_find_mark(), add
a wrapper fsnotify_find_inode_mark() and use it where possible.

Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Message-Id: <20240317184154.1200192-4-amir73il@gmail.com>
audit: don't WARN_ON_ONCE(!current->mm) in audit_exe_compare() 2023-11-14T22:34:27+00:00 Paul Moore paul@paul-moore.com 2023-11-14T22:25:48+00:00 969d90ec212bae4b45bf9d21d7daa30aa6cf055e eBPF can end up calling into the audit code from some odd places, and some of these places don't have @current set properly so we end up tripping the `WARN_ON_ONCE(!current->mm)` near the top of `audit_exe_compare()`. While the basic `!current->mm` check is good, the `WARN_ON_ONCE()` results in some scary console messages so let's drop that and just do the regular `!current->mm` check to avoid problems. Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Fixes: 47846d51348d ("audit: don't take task_lock() in audit_exe_compare() code path") Reported-by: Artem Savkov <asavkov@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> 
eBPF can end up calling into the audit code from some odd places, and
some of these places don't have @current set properly so we end up
tripping the `WARN_ON_ONCE(!current->mm)` near the top of
`audit_exe_compare()`.  While the basic `!current->mm` check is good,
the `WARN_ON_ONCE()` results in some scary console messages so let's
drop that and just do the regular `!current->mm` check to avoid
problems.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Fixes: 47846d51348d ("audit: don't take task_lock() in audit_exe_compare() code path")
Reported-by: Artem Savkov <asavkov@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>