[PATCH v2 4/5] audit: check if audit_queue is full after prepare_to_wait_exclusive()

From: Eiichi Tsukata
Date: Thu May 11 2023 - 01:22:18 EST


Commit 7ffb8e317bae ("audit: we don't need to
__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING)") accidentally moved queue full check
before add_wait_queue_exclusive() which introduced the following race:

CPU1 CPU2
======== ========
(in audit_log_start()) (in kauditd_thread())

@audit_queue is full
wake_up(&audit_backlog_wait)
wait_event_freezable()
add_wait_queue_exclusive()
...
schedule_timeout()

Once this happens, both audit_log_start() and kauditd_thread() can cause
deadlock for up to backlog_wait_time waiting for each other. To prevent
the race, this patch adds @audit_queue full check after
prepare_to_wait_exclusive() and call schedule_timeout() only if the
queue is full.

Fixes: 7ffb8e317bae ("audit: we don't need to __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING)")
Signed-off-by: Eiichi Tsukata <eiichi.tsukata@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/audit.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index bcbb0ba33c84..6b0cc0459984 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -644,8 +644,16 @@ static long wait_for_kauditd(long stime)

prepare_to_wait_exclusive(&audit_backlog_wait, &wait,
TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
- rtime = schedule_timeout(stime);
- atomic_add(stime - rtime, &audit_backlog_wait_time_actual);
+
+ /* need to check if the queue is full again because kauditd might have
+ * flushed the queue and went to sleep after prepare_to_wait_exclusive()
+ */
+ if (audit_queue_full(&audit_queue)) {
+ rtime = schedule_timeout(stime);
+ atomic_add(stime - rtime, &audit_backlog_wait_time_actual);
+ } else {
+ rtime = 0;
+ }
finish_wait(&audit_backlog_wait, &wait);

return rtime;
--
2.40.0