Re: [PATCH ghak21 V3 1/2] audit: remove path param from link denied function

From: Paul Moore
Date: Tue Mar 20 2018 - 16:05:47 EST


On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 1:42 AM, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In commit 45b578fe4c3cade6f4ca1fc934ce199afd857edc
> ("audit: link denied should not directly generate PATH record")
> the need for the struct path *link parameter was removed.
> Remove the now useless struct path argument.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/namei.c | 2 +-
> include/linux/audit.h | 6 ++----
> kernel/audit.c | 3 +--
> 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> index 9cc91fb..50d2533 100644
> --- a/fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/namei.c
> @@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ static int may_linkat(struct path *link)
> if (safe_hardlink_source(inode) || inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
> return 0;
>
> - audit_log_link_denied("linkat", link);
> + audit_log_link_denied("linkat");
> return -EPERM;
> }
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
> index af410d9..75d5b03 100644
> --- a/include/linux/audit.h
> +++ b/include/linux/audit.h
> @@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ extern void audit_log_d_path(struct audit_buffer *ab,
> const struct path *path);
> extern void audit_log_key(struct audit_buffer *ab,
> char *key);
> -extern void audit_log_link_denied(const char *operation,
> - const struct path *link);
> +extern void audit_log_link_denied(const char *operation);
> extern void audit_log_lost(const char *message);
>
> extern int audit_log_task_context(struct audit_buffer *ab);
> @@ -194,8 +193,7 @@ static inline void audit_log_d_path(struct audit_buffer *ab,
> { }
> static inline void audit_log_key(struct audit_buffer *ab, char *key)
> { }
> -static inline void audit_log_link_denied(const char *string,
> - const struct path *link)
> +static inline void audit_log_link_denied(const char *string)
> { }
> static inline int audit_log_task_context(struct audit_buffer *ab)
> {
> diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
> index 3f2f143..e8bf8d7 100644
> --- a/kernel/audit.c
> +++ b/kernel/audit.c
> @@ -2308,9 +2308,8 @@ void audit_log_task_info(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct task_struct *tsk)
> /**
> * audit_log_link_denied - report a link restriction denial
> * @operation: specific link operation
> - * @link: the path that triggered the restriction
> */
> -void audit_log_link_denied(const char *operation, const struct path *link)
> +void audit_log_link_denied(const char *operation)
> {
> struct audit_buffer *ab;

*sigh*

You forgot to update may_follow_link().

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paul moore
www.paul-moore.com