Re: [PATCH 11/15] fixing audit rule ordering mess, part 1

From: Eric Paris
Date: Wed Dec 17 2008 - 13:28:24 EST


On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 05:12 +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> Problem: ordering between the rules on exit chain is currently lost;
> all watch and inode rules are listed after everything else _and_
> exit,never on one kind doesn't stop exit,always on another from
> being matched.
>
> Solution: assign priorities to rules, keep track of the current
> highest-priority matching rule and its result (always/never).
>
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


> @@ -1258,6 +1258,9 @@ static int audit_add_watch(struct audit_krule *krule, struct nameidata *ndp,
> return ret;
> }
>
> +static u64 prio_low = ~0ULL/2;
> +static u64 prio_high = ~0ULL/2 - 1;
> +
> /* Add rule to given filterlist if not a duplicate. */
> static inline int audit_add_rule(struct audit_entry *entry,
> struct list_head *list)
> @@ -1319,6 +1322,14 @@ static inline int audit_add_rule(struct audit_entry *entry,
> }
> }
>
> + entry->rule.prio = ~0ULL;
> + if (entry->rule.listnr == AUDIT_FILTER_EXIT) {
> + if (entry->rule.flags & AUDIT_FILTER_PREPEND)
> + entry->rule.prio = ++prio_high;
> + else
> + entry->rule.prio = --prio_low;
> + }
> +
> if (entry->rule.flags & AUDIT_FILTER_PREPEND) {
> list_add_rcu(&entry->list, list);

I don't see why prio is only important on AUDIT_FILTER_EXIT. Couldn't I
end up with stupidity with entry,never ?

-Eric

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