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audit: Fix use after free in audit_remove_watch_rule()

audit_remove_watch_rule() drops watch's reference to parent but then continues to work with it. That is not safe as parent can get freed once we drop our reference. The following is a trivial reproducer: mount -o loop image /mnt touch /mnt/file auditctl -w /mnt/file -p wax umount /mnt auditctl -D <crash in fsnotify_destroy_mark()> Grab our own reference in audit_remove_watch_rule() earlier to make sure mark does not get freed under us.

Jan Kara committed 9 years ago

Commit d76036a1 parent b0659ae1 file · +7 −5Browse files

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kernel/audit_watch.c+7−5
@@ -457,13 +457,15 @@ void audit_remove_watch_rule(struct audit_krule *krule) · 456 unmodified lines
457 list_del(&krule->rlist);457 list_del(&krule->rlist);
458 458
459 if (list_empty(&watch->rules)) {459 if (list_empty(&watch->rules)) {
460 /*
461 * audit_remove_watch() drops our reference to 'parent' which
462 * can get freed. Grab our own reference to be safe.
463 */
464 audit_get_parent(parent);
460 audit_remove_watch(watch);465 audit_remove_watch(watch);
461 466 if (list_empty(&parent->watches))
462 if (list_empty(&parent->watches)) {
463 audit_get_parent(parent);
464 fsnotify_destroy_mark(&parent->mark, audit_watch_group);467 fsnotify_destroy_mark(&parent->mark, audit_watch_group);
465 audit_put_parent(parent);468 audit_put_parent(parent);
466 }
467 }469 }
468}470}
469 471