The race was non existent. I had the VMA locked. I switched to this to keep the code that gets the cmdline value almost unchanged to try and reduce bugs. I can still author a patch on top of this later to optimize. However the buffer is smaller. Before it was page size, now its path max....iirc is smaller. On Jan 14, 2014 5:45 PM, "Richard Guy Briggs" wrote: > On 14/01/06, William Roberts wrote: > > During an audit event, cache and print the value of the process's > > cmdline value (proc//cmdline). This is useful in situations > > where processes are started via fork'd virtual machines where the > > comm field is incorrect. Often times, setting the comm field still > > is insufficient as the comm width is not very wide and most > > virtual machine "package names" do not fit. Also, during execution, > > many threads have their comm field set as well. By tying it back to > > the global cmdline value for the process, audit records will be more > > complete in systems with these properties. An example of where this > > is useful and applicable is in the realm of Android. With Android, > > their is no fork/exec for VM instances. The bare, preloaded Dalvik > > VM listens for a fork and specialize request. When this request comes > > in, the VM forks, and the loads the specific application (specializing). > > This was done to take advantage of COW and to not require a load of > > basic packages by the VM on very app spawn. When this spawn occurs, > > the package name is set via setproctitle() and shows up in procfs. > > Many of these package names are longer then 16 bytes, the historical > > width of task->comm. Having the cmdline in the audit records will > > couple the application back to the record directly. Also, on my > > Debian development box, some audit records were more useful then > > what was printed under comm. > > So... What happenned to allocating only what you need instead of the > full 4k buffer? Your test results showed promise with only 64 or 128 > bytes allocated. I recall seeing some discussion about a race between > testing for the size needed and actually filling the buffer, but was > hoping that would be worked on rather than reverting back to the full > 4k. > > > The cached cmdline is tied to the life-cycle of the audit_context > > structure and is built on demand. > > > > Example denial prior to patch (Ubuntu): > > CALL msg=audit(1387828084.070:361): arch=c000003e syscall=82 success=yes > exit=0 a0=4184bf a1=418547 a2=0 a3=0 items=0 ppid=1 pid=1329 > auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 > ses=4294967295 tty=(none) comm="console-kit-dae" > exe="/usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon" > subj=system_u:system_r:consolekit_t:s0-s0:c0.c255 key=(null) > > > > After Patches (Ubuntu): > > type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1387828084.070:361): arch=c000003e syscall=82 > success=yes exit=0 a0=4184bf a1=418547 a2=0 a3=0 items=0 ppid=1 pid=1329 > auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 > ses=4294967295 tty=(none) comm="console-kit-dae" > exe="/usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon" > subj=system_u:system_r:consolekit_t:s0-s0:c0.c255 > cmdline="/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper" key=(null) > > > > Example denial prior to patch (Android): > > type=1300 msg=audit(248323.940:247): arch=40000028 syscall=54 per=840000 > success=yes exit=0 a0=39 a1=540b a2=2 a3=750eecec items=0 ppid=224 pid=1858 > auid=4294967295 uid=1002 gid=1002 euid=1002 suid=1002 fsuid=1002 egid=1002 > sgid=1002 fsgid=1002 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="bt_hc_worker" > exe="/system/bin/app_process" subj=u:r:bluetooth:s0 key=(null) > > > > After Patches (Android): > > type=1300 msg=audit(248323.940:247): arch=40000028 syscall=54 per=840000 > success=yes exit=0 a0=39 a1=540b a2=2 a3=750eecec items=0 ppid=224 pid=1858 > auid=4294967295 uid=1002 gid=1002 euid=1002 suid=1002 fsuid=1002 egid=1002 > sgid=1002 fsgid=1002 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="bt_hc_worker" > exe="/system/bin/app_process" cmdline="com.android.bluetooth" > subj=u:r:bluetooth:s0 key=(null) > > > > Signed-off-by: William Roberts > > --- > > kernel/audit.h | 1 + > > kernel/auditsc.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h > > index b779642..bd6211f 100644 > > --- a/kernel/audit.h > > +++ b/kernel/audit.h > > @@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ struct audit_context { > > } execve; > > }; > > int fds[2]; > > + char *cmdline; > > > > #if AUDIT_DEBUG > > int put_count; > > diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c > > index 90594c9..a4c2003 100644 > > --- a/kernel/auditsc.c > > +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c > > @@ -842,6 +842,12 @@ static inline struct audit_context > *audit_get_context(struct task_struct *tsk, > > return context; > > } > > > > +static inline void audit_cmdline_free(struct audit_context *context) > > +{ > > + kfree(context->cmdline); > > + context->cmdline = NULL; > > +} > > + > > static inline void audit_free_names(struct audit_context *context) > > { > > struct audit_names *n, *next; > > @@ -955,6 +961,7 @@ static inline void audit_free_context(struct > audit_context *context) > > audit_free_aux(context); > > kfree(context->filterkey); > > kfree(context->sockaddr); > > + audit_cmdline_free(context); > > kfree(context); > > } > > > > @@ -1271,6 +1278,30 @@ static void show_special(struct audit_context > *context, int *call_panic) > > audit_log_end(ab); > > } > > > > +static void audit_log_cmdline(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct > task_struct *tsk, > > + struct audit_context *context) > > +{ > > + int res; > > + char *buf; > > + char *msg = "(null)"; > > + audit_log_format(ab, " cmdline="); > > + > > + /* Not cached */ > > + if (!context->cmdline) { > > + buf = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL); > > + if (!buf) > > + goto out; > > + res = get_cmdline(tsk, buf, PATH_MAX); > > + /* Ensure NULL terminated */ > > + if (buf[res-1] != '\0') > > + buf[res-1] = '\0'; > > + context->cmdline = buf; > > + } > > + msg = context->cmdline; > > +out: > > + audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, msg); > > +} > > + > > static void audit_log_exit(struct audit_context *context, struct > task_struct *tsk) > > { > > int i, call_panic = 0; > > @@ -1302,6 +1333,7 @@ static void audit_log_exit(struct audit_context > *context, struct task_struct *ts > > context->name_count); > > > > audit_log_task_info(ab, tsk); > > + audit_log_cmdline(ab, tsk, context); > > audit_log_key(ab, context->filterkey); > > audit_log_end(ab); > > > > -- > > 1.7.9.5 > > > > -- > > Linux-audit mailing list > > Linux-audit@redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-audit > > - RGB > > -- > Richard Guy Briggs > Senior Software Engineer, Kernel Security, AMER ENG Base Operating > Systems, Red Hat > Remote, Ottawa, Canada > Voice: +1.647.777.2635, Internal: (81) 32635, Alt: +1.613.693.0684x3545 >