[PATCH] fix deadlocks in AUDIT_LIST/AUDIT_LIST_RULES

We should not send a pile of replies while holding audit_netlink_mutex
since we hold the same mutex when we receive commands.  As the result,
we can get blocked while sending and sit there holding the mutex while
auditctl is unable to send the next command and get around to receiving
what we'd sent.

Solution: create skb and put them into a queue instead of sending;
once we are done, send what we've got on the list.  The former can
be done synchronously while we are handling AUDIT_LIST or AUDIT_LIST_RULES;
we are holding audit_netlink_mutex at that point.  The latter is done
asynchronously and without messing with audit_netlink_mutex.
Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

kernel/audit.c

@@ -366,6 +366,50 @@ static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int audit_send_list(void *_dest)
+{
+	struct audit_netlink_list *dest = _dest;
+	int pid = dest->pid;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+	/* wait for parent to finish and send an ACK */
+	mutex_lock(&audit_netlink_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&audit_netlink_mutex);
+
+	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&dest->q)) != NULL)
+		netlink_unicast(audit_sock, skb, pid, 0);
+
+	kfree(dest);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct sk_buff *audit_make_reply(int pid, int seq, int type, int done,
+				 int multi, void *payload, int size)
+{
+	struct sk_buff	*skb;
+	struct nlmsghdr	*nlh;
+	int		len = NLMSG_SPACE(size);
+	void		*data;
+	int		flags = multi ? NLM_F_MULTI : 0;
+	int		t     = done  ? NLMSG_DONE  : type;
+
+	skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!skb)
+		return NULL;
+
+	nlh		 = NLMSG_PUT(skb, pid, seq, t, size);
+	nlh->nlmsg_flags = flags;
+	data		 = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
+	memcpy(data, payload, size);
+	return skb;
+
+nlmsg_failure:			/* Used by NLMSG_PUT */
+	if (skb)
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * audit_send_reply - send an audit reply message via netlink
  * @pid: process id to send reply to
@@ -383,29 +427,13 @@ void audit_send_reply(int pid, int seq, int type, int done, int multi,
 		      void *payload, int size)
 {
 	struct sk_buff	*skb;
-	struct nlmsghdr	*nlh;
-	int		len = NLMSG_SPACE(size);
-	void		*data;
-	int		flags = multi ? NLM_F_MULTI : 0;
-	int		t     = done  ? NLMSG_DONE  : type;
-
-	skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	skb = audit_make_reply(pid, seq, type, done, multi, payload, size);
 	if (!skb)
 		return;
-
-	nlh		 = NLMSG_PUT(skb, pid, seq, t, size);
-	nlh->nlmsg_flags = flags;
-	data		 = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
-	memcpy(data, payload, size);
-
 	/* Ignore failure. It'll only happen if the sender goes away,
 	   because our timeout is set to infinite. */
 	netlink_unicast(audit_sock, skb, pid, 0);
 	return;
-
-nlmsg_failure:			/* Used by NLMSG_PUT */
-	if (skb)
-		kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 
 /*

kernel/audit.h

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/audit.h>
+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
 
 /* 0 = no checking
    1 = put_count checking
@@ -82,6 +83,9 @@ struct audit_entry {
 extern int audit_pid;
 extern int audit_comparator(const u32 left, const u32 op, const u32 right);
 
+extern struct sk_buff *	    audit_make_reply(int pid, int seq, int type,
+					     int done, int multi,
+					     void *payload, int size);
 extern void		    audit_send_reply(int pid, int seq, int type,
 					     int done, int multi,
 					     void *payload, int size);
@@ -89,4 +93,11 @@ extern void		    audit_log_lost(const char *message);
 extern void		    audit_panic(const char *message);
 extern struct mutex audit_netlink_mutex;
 
+struct audit_netlink_list {
+	int pid;
+	struct sk_buff_head q;
+};
+
+int audit_send_list(void *);
+
 extern int selinux_audit_rule_update(void);

kernel/auditfilter.c

@@ -510,19 +510,12 @@ static inline int audit_del_rule(struct audit_entry *entry,
 
 /* List rules using struct audit_rule.  Exists for backward
  * compatibility with userspace. */
-static int audit_list(void *_dest)
+static void audit_list(int pid, int seq, struct sk_buff_head *q)
 {
-	int pid, seq;
-	int *dest = _dest;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct audit_entry *entry;
 	int i;
 
-	pid = dest[0];
-	seq = dest[1];
-	kfree(dest);
-
-	mutex_lock(&audit_netlink_mutex);
-
 	/* The *_rcu iterators not needed here because we are
 	   always called with audit_netlink_mutex held. */
 	for (i=0; i<AUDIT_NR_FILTERS; i++) {
@@ -532,31 +525,25 @@ static int audit_list(void *_dest)
 			rule = audit_krule_to_rule(&entry->rule);
 			if (unlikely(!rule))
 				break;
-			audit_send_reply(pid, seq, AUDIT_LIST, 0, 1,
+			skb = audit_make_reply(pid, seq, AUDIT_LIST, 0, 1,
 					 rule, sizeof(*rule));
+			if (skb)
+				skb_queue_tail(q, skb);
 			kfree(rule);
 		}
 	}
-	audit_send_reply(pid, seq, AUDIT_LIST, 1, 1, NULL, 0);
-	
-	mutex_unlock(&audit_netlink_mutex);
-	return 0;
+	skb = audit_make_reply(pid, seq, AUDIT_LIST, 1, 1, NULL, 0);
+	if (skb)
+		skb_queue_tail(q, skb);
 }
 
 /* List rules using struct audit_rule_data. */
-static int audit_list_rules(void *_dest)
+static void audit_list_rules(int pid, int seq, struct sk_buff_head *q)
 {
-	int pid, seq;
-	int *dest = _dest;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct audit_entry *e;
 	int i;
 
-	pid = dest[0];
-	seq = dest[1];
-	kfree(dest);
-
-	mutex_lock(&audit_netlink_mutex);
-
 	/* The *_rcu iterators not needed here because we are
 	   always called with audit_netlink_mutex held. */
 	for (i=0; i<AUDIT_NR_FILTERS; i++) {
@@ -566,15 +553,16 @@ static int audit_list_rules(void *_dest)
 			data = audit_krule_to_data(&e->rule);
 			if (unlikely(!data))
 				break;
-			audit_send_reply(pid, seq, AUDIT_LIST_RULES, 0, 1,
+			skb = audit_make_reply(pid, seq, AUDIT_LIST_RULES, 0, 1,
 					 data, sizeof(*data));
+			if (skb)
+				skb_queue_tail(q, skb);
 			kfree(data);
 		}
 	}
-	audit_send_reply(pid, seq, AUDIT_LIST_RULES, 1, 1, NULL, 0);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&audit_netlink_mutex);
-	return 0;
+	skb = audit_make_reply(pid, seq, AUDIT_LIST_RULES, 1, 1, NULL, 0);
+	if (skb)
+		skb_queue_tail(q, skb);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -592,7 +580,7 @@ int audit_receive_filter(int type, int pid, int uid, int seq, void *data,
 			 size_t datasz, uid_t loginuid, u32 sid)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
-	int *dest;
+	struct audit_netlink_list *dest;
 	int err = 0;
 	struct audit_entry *entry;
 
@@ -605,18 +593,20 @@ int audit_receive_filter(int type, int pid, int uid, int seq, void *data,
 		 * happen if we're actually running in the context of auditctl
 		 * trying to _send_ the stuff */
 		 
-		dest = kmalloc(2 * sizeof(int), GFP_KERNEL);
+		dest = kmalloc(sizeof(struct audit_netlink_list), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!dest)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		dest[0] = pid;
-		dest[1] = seq;
+		dest->pid = pid;
+		skb_queue_head_init(&dest->q);
 
 		if (type == AUDIT_LIST)
-			tsk = kthread_run(audit_list, dest, "audit_list");
+			audit_list(pid, seq, &dest->q);
 		else
-			tsk = kthread_run(audit_list_rules, dest,
-					  "audit_list_rules");
+			audit_list_rules(pid, seq, &dest->q);
+
+		tsk = kthread_run(audit_send_list, dest, "audit_send_list");
 		if (IS_ERR(tsk)) {
+			skb_queue_purge(&dest->q);
 			kfree(dest);
 			err = PTR_ERR(tsk);
 		}