[PATCH] audit inode patch
Previously, we were gathering the context instead of the sid. Now in this patch,
we gather just the sid and convert to context only if an audit event is being
output.
This patch brings the performance hit from 146% down to 23%
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/include/linux/selinux.h b/include/linux/selinux.h
index 9d684b1..84a6c74 100644
--- a/include/linux/selinux.h
+++ b/include/linux/selinux.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
struct selinux_audit_rule;
struct audit_context;
+struct inode;
#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX
@@ -76,6 +77,27 @@
*/
void selinux_task_ctxid(struct task_struct *tsk, u32 *ctxid);
+/**
+ * selinux_ctxid_to_string - map a security context ID to a string
+ * @ctxid: security context ID to be converted.
+ * @ctx: address of context string to be returned
+ * @ctxlen: length of returned context string.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if successful, -errno if not. On success, the context
+ * string will be allocated internally, and the caller must call
+ * kfree() on it after use.
+ */
+int selinux_ctxid_to_string(u32 ctxid, char **ctx, u32 *ctxlen);
+
+/**
+ * selinux_get_inode_sid - get the inode's security context ID
+ * @inode: inode structure to get the sid from.
+ * @sid: pointer to security context ID to be filled in.
+ *
+ * Returns nothing
+ */
+void selinux_get_inode_sid(const struct inode *inode, u32 *sid);
+
#else
static inline int selinux_audit_rule_init(u32 field, u32 op,
@@ -107,6 +129,18 @@
*ctxid = 0;
}
+static inline int selinux_ctxid_to_string(u32 ctxid, char **ctx, u32 *ctxlen)
+{
+ *ctx = NULL;
+ *ctxlen = 0;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void selinux_get_inode_sid(const struct inode *inode, u32 *sid)
+{
+ *sid = 0;
+}
+
#endif /* CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX */
#endif /* _LINUX_SELINUX_H */
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index d3d97d2..2e123a8 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
uid_t uid;
gid_t gid;
dev_t rdev;
- char *ctx;
+ u32 osid;
};
struct audit_aux_data {
@@ -410,9 +410,6 @@
#endif
for (i = 0; i < context->name_count; i++) {
- char *p = context->names[i].ctx;
- context->names[i].ctx = NULL;
- kfree(p);
if (context->names[i].name)
__putname(context->names[i].name);
}
@@ -674,6 +671,7 @@
}
}
for (i = 0; i < context->name_count; i++) {
+ int call_panic = 0;
unsigned long ino = context->names[i].ino;
unsigned long pino = context->names[i].pino;
@@ -703,12 +701,22 @@
context->names[i].gid,
MAJOR(context->names[i].rdev),
MINOR(context->names[i].rdev));
- if (context->names[i].ctx) {
- audit_log_format(ab, " obj=%s",
- context->names[i].ctx);
+ if (context->names[i].osid != 0) {
+ char *ctx = NULL;
+ u32 len;
+ if (selinux_ctxid_to_string(
+ context->names[i].osid, &ctx, &len)) {
+ audit_log_format(ab, " obj=%u",
+ context->names[i].osid);
+ call_panic = 1;
+ } else
+ audit_log_format(ab, " obj=%s", ctx);
+ kfree(ctx);
}
audit_log_end(ab);
+ if (call_panic)
+ audit_panic("error converting sid to string");
}
}
@@ -946,37 +954,8 @@
void audit_inode_context(int idx, const struct inode *inode)
{
struct audit_context *context = current->audit_context;
- const char *suffix = security_inode_xattr_getsuffix();
- char *ctx = NULL;
- int len = 0;
- if (!suffix)
- goto ret;
-
- len = security_inode_getsecurity(inode, suffix, NULL, 0, 0);
- if (len == -EOPNOTSUPP)
- goto ret;
- if (len < 0)
- goto error_path;
-
- ctx = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!ctx)
- goto error_path;
-
- len = security_inode_getsecurity(inode, suffix, ctx, len, 0);
- if (len < 0)
- goto error_path;
-
- kfree(context->names[idx].ctx);
- context->names[idx].ctx = ctx;
- goto ret;
-
-error_path:
- if (ctx)
- kfree(ctx);
- audit_panic("error in audit_inode_context");
-ret:
- return;
+ selinux_get_inode_sid(inode, &context->names[idx].osid);
}
diff --git a/security/selinux/exports.c b/security/selinux/exports.c
index 333c4c7..07ddce7 100644
--- a/security/selinux/exports.c
+++ b/security/selinux/exports.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/selinux.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
#include "security.h"
#include "objsec.h"
@@ -26,3 +27,26 @@
else
*ctxid = 0;
}
+
+int selinux_ctxid_to_string(u32 ctxid, char **ctx, u32 *ctxlen)
+{
+ if (selinux_enabled)
+ return security_sid_to_context(ctxid, ctx, ctxlen);
+ else {
+ *ctx = NULL;
+ *ctxlen = 0;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void selinux_get_inode_sid(const struct inode *inode, u32 *sid)
+{
+ if (selinux_enabled) {
+ struct inode_security_struct *isec = inode->i_security;
+ *sid = isec->sid;
+ return;
+ }
+ *sid = 0;
+}
+