kernel/audit_tree.c:audit_add_tree_rule(): protect `rule' from kill_rules()
audit_add_tree_rule() must set 'rule->tree = NULL;' firstly, to protect
the rule itself freed in kill_rules().
The reason is when it is killed, the 'rule' itself may have already
released, we should not access it. one example: we add a rule to an
inode, just at the same time the other task is deleting this inode.
The work flow for adding a rule:
audit_receive() -> (need audit_cmd_mutex lock)
audit_receive_skb() ->
audit_receive_msg() ->
audit_receive_filter() ->
audit_add_rule() ->
audit_add_tree_rule() -> (need audit_filter_mutex lock)
...
unlock audit_filter_mutex
get_tree()
...
iterate_mounts() -> (iterate all related inodes)
tag_mount() ->
tag_trunk() ->
create_trunk() -> (assume it is 1st rule)
fsnotify_add_mark() ->
fsnotify_add_inode_mark() -> (add mark to inode->i_fsnotify_marks)
...
get_tree(); (each inode will get one)
...
lock audit_filter_mutex
The work flow for deleting an inode:
__destroy_inode() ->
fsnotify_inode_delete() ->
__fsnotify_inode_delete() ->
fsnotify_clear_marks_by_inode() -> (get mark from inode->i_fsnotify_marks)
fsnotify_destroy_mark() ->
fsnotify_destroy_mark_locked() ->
audit_tree_freeing_mark() ->
evict_chunk() ->
...
tree->goner = 1
...
kill_rules() -> (assume current->audit_context == NULL)
call_rcu() -> (rule->tree != NULL)
audit_free_rule_rcu() ->
audit_free_rule()
...
audit_schedule_prune() -> (assume current->audit_context == NULL)
kthread_run() -> (need audit_cmd_mutex and audit_filter_mutex lock)
prune_one() -> (delete it from prue_list)
put_tree(); (match the original get_tree above)
Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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