From d76036ab47eafa6ce52b69482e91ca3ba337d6d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Kara Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:00:36 +0200 Subject: 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 Grab our own reference in audit_remove_watch_rule() earlier to make sure mark does not get freed under us. CC: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Tony Jones Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Tested-by: Tony Jones Signed-off-by: Paul Moore --- kernel/audit_watch.c | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel/audit_watch.c') diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c index e0656bd63036..1c7ded42f82f 100644 --- a/kernel/audit_watch.c +++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c @@ -457,13 +457,15 @@ void audit_remove_watch_rule(struct audit_krule *krule) list_del(&krule->rlist); if (list_empty(&watch->rules)) { + /* + * audit_remove_watch() drops our reference to 'parent' which + * can get freed. Grab our own reference to be safe. + */ + audit_get_parent(parent); audit_remove_watch(watch); - - if (list_empty(&parent->watches)) { - audit_get_parent(parent); + if (list_empty(&parent->watches)) fsnotify_destroy_mark(&parent->mark, audit_watch_group); - audit_put_parent(parent); - } + audit_put_parent(parent); } } -- cgit v1.2.1