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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/audit.c | 29 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index 67b3863261d4..64e1d0ec19de 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -1197,25 +1197,28 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh) pid_t auditd_pid; struct pid *req_pid = task_tgid(current); - /* sanity check - PID values must match */ - if (new_pid != pid_vnr(req_pid)) + /* Sanity check - PID values must match. Setting + * pid to 0 is how auditd ends auditing. */ + if (new_pid && (new_pid != pid_vnr(req_pid))) return -EINVAL; /* test the auditd connection */ audit_replace(req_pid); auditd_pid = auditd_pid_vnr(); - /* only the current auditd can unregister itself */ - if ((!new_pid) && (new_pid != auditd_pid)) { - audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid, - auditd_pid, 0); - return -EACCES; - } - /* replacing a healthy auditd is not allowed */ - if (auditd_pid && new_pid) { - audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid, - auditd_pid, 0); - return -EEXIST; + if (auditd_pid) { + /* replacing a healthy auditd is not allowed */ + if (new_pid) { + audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", + new_pid, auditd_pid, 0); + return -EEXIST; + } + /* only current auditd can unregister itself */ + if (pid_vnr(req_pid) != auditd_pid) { + audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", + new_pid, auditd_pid, 0); + return -EACCES; + } } if (new_pid) { |
