From: Chi Wang Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:42:44 +0000 (+0800) Subject: audit: Fix data races of skb_queue_len() readers on audit_queue X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c9a71daaecb2fb1d8c704545cc0b1c920b9bf5d7;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git audit: Fix data races of skb_queue_len() readers on audit_queue Multiple readers access audit_queue.qlen via skb_queue_len() without holding the queue lock or using READ_ONCE(), while kauditd writes to this field via the skb_dequeue() → __skb_unlink() path with WRITE_ONCE() protected by a spinlock. This constitutes data races. All affected skb_queue_len(&audit_queue) call sites: - kauditd_thread() wait_event_freezable() condition - audit_receive_msg() AUDIT_GET handler (s.backlog assignment) - audit_receive() backlog check - audit_log_start() backlog check and pr_warn() KCSAN reports the following conflicting access pattern (one example): ================================================================== BUG: KCSAN: data-race in audit_log_start / skb_dequeue write (marked) to 0xffffffff8512ee20 of 4 bytes by task 661 on cpu 57: skb_dequeue+0x70/0xf0 kauditd_send_queue+0x71/0x220 kauditd_thread+0x1cb/0x430 kthread+0x1c2/0x210 ret_from_fork+0x162/0x1a0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 read to 0xffffffff8512ee20 of 4 bytes by task 36586 on cpu 1: audit_log_start+0x2a0/0x6b0 audit_core_dumps+0x64/0xa0 do_coredump+0x14b/0x1260 get_signal+0xeb2/0xf70 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x41/0x170 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xa2/0x1c0 do_syscall_64+0x1a3/0x1c0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0xe0 value changed: 0x00000001 -> 0x00000000 ================================================================== Resolve the race by switching to lockless helper skb_queue_len_lockless(), which internally uses READ_ONCE() and properly pairs with the WRITE_ONCE() write accesses already present on the writer side. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 3197542482df ("audit: rework audit_log_start()") Signed-off-by: Chi Wang Reviewed-by: Ricardo Robaina [PM: line length tweak] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore --- diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index dcc657d35776..feaa4e2271d7 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ main_queue: * do the multicast send and rotate records from the * main queue to the retry/hold queues */ wait_event_freezable(kauditd_wait, - (skb_queue_len(&audit_queue) ? 1 : 0)); + (skb_queue_len_lockless(&audit_queue) ? 1 : 0)); } return 0; @@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, s.rate_limit = audit_rate_limit; s.backlog_limit = audit_backlog_limit; s.lost = atomic_read(&audit_lost); - s.backlog = skb_queue_len(&audit_queue); + s.backlog = skb_queue_len_lockless(&audit_queue); s.feature_bitmap = AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_ALL; s.backlog_wait_time = audit_backlog_wait_time; s.backlog_wait_time_actual = atomic_read(&audit_backlog_wait_time_actual); @@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@ static void audit_receive(struct sk_buff *skb) /* can't block with the ctrl lock, so penalize the sender now */ if (audit_backlog_limit && - (skb_queue_len(&audit_queue) > audit_backlog_limit)) { + (skb_queue_len_lockless(&audit_queue) > audit_backlog_limit)) { DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current); /* wake kauditd to try and flush the queue */ @@ -1933,7 +1933,7 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask, long stime = audit_backlog_wait_time; while (audit_backlog_limit && - (skb_queue_len(&audit_queue) > audit_backlog_limit)) { + (skb_queue_len_lockless(&audit_queue) > audit_backlog_limit)) { /* wake kauditd to try and flush the queue */ wake_up_interruptible(&kauditd_wait); @@ -1953,7 +1953,7 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask, } else { if (audit_rate_check() && printk_ratelimit()) pr_warn("audit_backlog=%d > audit_backlog_limit=%d\n", - skb_queue_len(&audit_queue), + skb_queue_len_lockless(&audit_queue), audit_backlog_limit); audit_log_lost("backlog limit exceeded"); return NULL;