Re: [PATCH] audit: Rename enum audit_state constants to avoid AUDIT_DISABLED redefinition

From: Richard Guy Briggs
Date: Fri Jun 04 2021 - 12:17:37 EST


On 2021-06-04 14:21, Sergey Nazarov wrote:
> AUDIT_DISABLED defined in kernel/audit.h as element of enum audit_state
> and redefined in kernel/audit.c. This produces a warning when kernel builds
> with syscalls audit disabled and brokes kernel build if -Werror used.
> enum audit_state used in syscall audit code only. This patch changes
> enum audit_state constants prefix AUDIT to AUDITSC to avoid AUDIT_DISABLED
> redefinition.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Nazarov <s-nazarov@xxxxxxxxx>

This is long overdue. One comment below that needs addressing.

> ---
> kernel/audit.h | 8 ++++----
> kernel/auditsc.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++-----------------
> 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
> index 1522e10..ee81f20 100644
> --- a/kernel/audit.h
> +++ b/kernel/audit.h
> @@ -21,16 +21,16 @@
> a per-task filter. At syscall entry, the audit_state is augmented by
> the syscall filter. */
> enum audit_state {
> - AUDIT_DISABLED, /* Do not create per-task audit_context.
> + AUDITSC_DISABLED, /* Do not create per-task audit_context.
> * No syscall-specific audit records can
> * be generated. */
> - AUDIT_BUILD_CONTEXT, /* Create the per-task audit_context,
> + AUDITSC_BUILD_CONTEXT, /* Create the per-task audit_context,
> * and fill it in at syscall
> * entry time. This makes a full
> * syscall record available if some
> * other part of the kernel decides it
> * should be recorded. */
> - AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT /* Create the per-task audit_context,
> + AUDITSC_RECORD_CONTEXT /* Create the per-task audit_context,
> * always fill it in at syscall entry
> * time, and always write out the audit
> * record at syscall exit time. */
> @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static inline int audit_signal_info_syscall(struct task_struct *t)
> return 0;
> }
>
> -#define audit_filter_inodes(t, c) AUDIT_DISABLED
> +#define audit_filter_inodes(t, c) AUDITSC_DISABLED
> #endif /* CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL */
>
> extern char *audit_unpack_string(void **bufp, size_t *remain, size_t len);
> diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
> index 175ef6f..ae6e305 100644
> --- a/kernel/auditsc.c
> +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
> @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static void audit_set_auditable(struct audit_context *ctx)
> {
> if (!ctx->prio) {
> ctx->prio = 1;
> - ctx->current_state = AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT;
> + ctx->current_state = AUDITSC_RECORD_CONTEXT;
> }
> }
>
> @@ -751,10 +751,10 @@ static int audit_filter_rules(struct task_struct *tsk,
> }
> switch (rule->action) {
> case AUDIT_NEVER:
> - *state = AUDIT_DISABLED;
> + *state = AUDITSC_DISABLED;
> break;
> case AUDIT_ALWAYS:
> - *state = AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT;
> + *state = AUDITSC_RECORD_CONTEXT;
> break;
> }
> return 1;
> @@ -773,14 +773,14 @@ static enum audit_state audit_filter_task(struct task_struct *tsk, char **key)
> list_for_each_entry_rcu(e, &audit_filter_list[AUDIT_FILTER_TASK], list) {
> if (audit_filter_rules(tsk, &e->rule, NULL, NULL,
> &state, true)) {
> - if (state == AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT)
> + if (state == AUDITSC_RECORD_CONTEXT)
> *key = kstrdup(e->rule.filterkey, GFP_ATOMIC);
> rcu_read_unlock();
> return state;
> }
> }
> rcu_read_unlock();
> - return AUDIT_BUILD_CONTEXT;
> + return AUDITSC_BUILD_CONTEXT;
> }
>
> static int audit_in_mask(const struct audit_krule *rule, unsigned long val)
> @@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ static int audit_in_mask(const struct audit_krule *rule, unsigned long val)
> /* At syscall exit time, this filter is called if the audit_state is
> * not low enough that auditing cannot take place, but is also not
> * high enough that we already know we have to write an audit record
> - * (i.e., the state is AUDIT_SETUP_CONTEXT or AUDIT_BUILD_CONTEXT).
> + * (i.e., the state is AUDIT_SETUP_CONTEXT or AUDITSC_BUILD_CONTEXT).

That comment should have been updated when AUDIT_SETUP_CONTEXT was
removed on 2012-01-03 in commit 997f5b6444f4608692ec807fb802fd9767c80e76
("audit: remove AUDIT_SETUP_CONTEXT as it isn't used")

> */
> static void audit_filter_syscall(struct task_struct *tsk,
> struct audit_context *ctx)
> @@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ static inline struct audit_context *audit_alloc_context(enum audit_state state)
> if (!context)
> return NULL;
> context->state = state;
> - context->prio = state == AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT ? ~0ULL : 0;
> + context->prio = state == AUDITSC_RECORD_CONTEXT ? ~0ULL : 0;
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&context->killed_trees);
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&context->names_list);
> context->fds[0] = -1;
> @@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ int audit_alloc(struct task_struct *tsk)
> return 0; /* Return if not auditing. */
>
> state = audit_filter_task(tsk, &key);
> - if (state == AUDIT_DISABLED) {
> + if (state == AUDITSC_DISABLED) {
> clear_task_syscall_work(tsk, SYSCALL_AUDIT);
> return 0;
> }
> @@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ void __audit_free(struct task_struct *tsk)
>
> audit_filter_syscall(tsk, context);
> audit_filter_inodes(tsk, context);
> - if (context->current_state == AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT)
> + if (context->current_state == AUDITSC_RECORD_CONTEXT)
> audit_log_exit();
> }
>
> @@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ void __audit_free(struct task_struct *tsk)
> * Fill in audit context at syscall entry. This only happens if the
> * audit context was created when the task was created and the state or
> * filters demand the audit context be built. If the state from the
> - * per-task filter or from the per-syscall filter is AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT,
> + * per-task filter or from the per-syscall filter is AUDITSC_RECORD_CONTEXT,
> * then the record will be written at syscall exit time (otherwise, it
> * will only be written if another part of the kernel requests that it
> * be written).
> @@ -1664,11 +1664,11 @@ void __audit_syscall_entry(int major, unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2,
> BUG_ON(context->in_syscall || context->name_count);
>
> state = context->state;
> - if (state == AUDIT_DISABLED)
> + if (state == AUDITSC_DISABLED)
> return;
>
> context->dummy = !audit_n_rules;
> - if (!context->dummy && state == AUDIT_BUILD_CONTEXT) {
> + if (!context->dummy && state == AUDITSC_BUILD_CONTEXT) {
> context->prio = 0;
> if (auditd_test_task(current))
> return;
> @@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ void __audit_syscall_entry(int major, unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2,
> * @return_code: return value of the syscall
> *
> * Tear down after system call. If the audit context has been marked as
> - * auditable (either because of the AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT state from
> + * auditable (either because of the AUDITSC_RECORD_CONTEXT state from
> * filtering, or because some other part of the kernel wrote an audit
> * message), then write out the syscall information. In call cases,
> * free the names stored from getname().
> @@ -1735,12 +1735,12 @@ void __audit_syscall_exit(int success, long return_code)
>
> audit_filter_syscall(current, context);
> audit_filter_inodes(current, context);
> - if (context->current_state == AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT)
> + if (context->current_state == AUDITSC_RECORD_CONTEXT)
> audit_log_exit();
> }
>
> context->in_syscall = 0;
> - context->prio = context->state == AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT ? ~0ULL : 0;
> + context->prio = context->state == AUDITSC_RECORD_CONTEXT ? ~0ULL : 0;
>
> audit_free_module(context);
> audit_free_names(context);
> @@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ void __audit_syscall_exit(int success, long return_code)
> context->sockaddr_len = 0;
> context->type = 0;
> context->fds[0] = -1;
> - if (context->state != AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT) {
> + if (context->state != AUDITSC_RECORD_CONTEXT) {
> kfree(context->filterkey);
> context->filterkey = NULL;
> }
> @@ -2203,7 +2203,7 @@ int auditsc_get_stamp(struct audit_context *ctx,
> *serial = ctx->serial;
> if (!ctx->prio) {
> ctx->prio = 1;
> - ctx->current_state = AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT;
> + ctx->current_state = AUDITSC_RECORD_CONTEXT;
> }
> return 1;
> }
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
>
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