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authorSteve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>2006-04-02 17:07:33 -0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2006-05-01 06:10:04 -0400
commit073115d6b29c7910feaa08241c6484637f5ca958 (patch)
tree5fd32da9f54b3c12b65d3c0142fb9bdf87dc01c3 /ipc/msg.c
parentce29b682e228c70cdc91a1b2935c5adb2087bab8 (diff)
downloadlinux-073115d6b29c7910feaa08241c6484637f5ca958.tar.gz
[PATCH] Rework of IPC auditing
1) The audit_ipc_perms() function has been split into two different
functions:
        - audit_ipc_obj()
        - audit_ipc_set_perm()

There's a key shift here...  The audit_ipc_obj() collects the uid, gid,
mode, and SElinux context label of the current ipc object.  This
audit_ipc_obj() hook is now found in several places.  Most notably, it
is hooked in ipcperms(), which is called in various places around the
ipc code permforming a MAC check.  Additionally there are several places
where *checkid() is used to validate that an operation is being
performed on a valid object while not necessarily having a nearby
ipcperms() call.  In these locations, audit_ipc_obj() is called to
ensure that the information is captured by the audit system.

The audit_set_new_perm() function is called any time the permissions on
the ipc object changes.  In this case, the NEW permissions are recorded
(and note that an audit_ipc_obj() call exists just a few lines before
each instance).

2) Support for an AUDIT_IPC_SET_PERM audit message type.  This allows
for separate auxiliary audit records for normal operations on an IPC
object and permissions changes.  Note that the same struct
audit_aux_data_ipcctl is used and populated, however there are separate
audit_log_format statements based on the type of the message.  Finally,
the AUDIT_IPC block of code in audit_free_aux() was extended to handle
aux messages of this new type.  No more mem leaks I hope ;-)

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'ipc/msg.c')
-rw-r--r--ipc/msg.c11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ipc/msg.c b/ipc/msg.c
index 48a7f17a7236..7d1340ccb16b 100644
--- a/ipc/msg.c
+++ b/ipc/msg.c
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
  * mostly rewritten, threaded and wake-one semantics added
  * MSGMAX limit removed, sysctl's added
  * (c) 1999 Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
+ *
+ * support for audit of ipc object properties and permission changes
+ * Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@us.ibm.com>
  */
 
 #include <linux/capability.h>
@@ -447,6 +450,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_msgctl (int msqid, int cmd, struct msqid_ds __user *buf)
 	if (msg_checkid(msq,msqid))
 		goto out_unlock_up;
 	ipcp = &msq->q_perm;
+
+	err = audit_ipc_obj(ipcp);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_unlock_up;
+
 	err = -EPERM;
 	if (current->euid != ipcp->cuid && 
 	    current->euid != ipcp->uid && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
@@ -460,7 +468,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_msgctl (int msqid, int cmd, struct msqid_ds __user *buf)
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case IPC_SET:
 	{
-		if ((err = audit_ipc_perms(setbuf.qbytes, setbuf.uid, setbuf.gid, setbuf.mode, ipcp)))
+		err = audit_ipc_set_perm(setbuf.qbytes, setbuf.uid, setbuf.gid, setbuf.mode, ipcp);
+		if (err)
 			goto out_unlock_up;
 
 		err = -EPERM;