Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 2 authors, 2018-07-20

Re: [PATCH] apparmor: remove redundant pointer 'info'

From: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
Date: 2018-07-20 10:32:07
Also in: linux-security-module, lkml
Subsystem: apparmor security module, security subsystem, the rest · Maintainers: John Johansen, Paul Moore, James Morris, "Serge E. Hallyn", Linus Torvalds

On 07/14/2018 09:19 AM, Colin King wrote:
From: Colin Ian King <redacted>

Pointer 'info' is being assigned but is never used hence it is
redundant and can be removed.

Cleans up clang warning:
warning: variable 'info' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
NAK,

real problem wrong fix, instead of deleting the additional context info
we need to be auditing it
diff --git a/security/apparmor/domain.c b/security/apparmor/domain.c
index 098d546d8253..08c88de0ffda 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/domain.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/domain.c
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ static struct aa_label *build_change_hat(struct aa_profile *profile,
 audit:
 	aa_audit_file(profile, &nullperms, OP_CHANGE_HAT, AA_MAY_CHANGEHAT,
 		      name, hat ? hat->base.hname : NULL,
-		      hat ? &hat->label : NULL, GLOBAL_ROOT_UID, NULL,
+		      hat ? &hat->label : NULL, GLOBAL_ROOT_UID, info,
 		      error);
 	if (!hat || (error && error != -ENOENT))
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
I pushed this fix into apparmor-next


quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <redacted>
---
 security/apparmor/domain.c | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/apparmor/domain.c b/security/apparmor/domain.c
index 098d546d8253..410d9ce09861 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/domain.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/domain.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,6 @@ static struct aa_label *build_change_hat(struct aa_profile *profile,
 					 const char *name, bool sibling)
 {
 	struct aa_profile *root, *hat = NULL;
-	const char *info = NULL;
 	int error = 0;
 
 	if (sibling && PROFILE_IS_HAT(profile)) {
@@ -1014,7 +1013,6 @@ static struct aa_label *build_change_hat(struct aa_profile *profile,
 	} else if (!sibling && !PROFILE_IS_HAT(profile)) {
 		root = aa_get_profile(profile);
 	} else {
-		info = "conflicting target types";
 		error = -EPERM;
 		goto audit;
 	}
@@ -1025,10 +1023,8 @@ static struct aa_label *build_change_hat(struct aa_profile *profile,
 		if (COMPLAIN_MODE(profile)) {
 			hat = aa_new_null_profile(profile, true, name,
 						  GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!hat) {
-				info = "failed null profile create";
+			if (!hat)
 				error = -ENOMEM;
-			}
 		}
 	}
 	aa_put_profile(root);
  
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