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auditd(8): register signal handlers interrutibly
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auditd_wait_for_events() relies on read(2) being interrupted by signals,
but it registers signal handlers with signal(3), which sets SA_RESTART.
That breaks asynchronous signal handling.  It means that signals don't
actually get handled until after an audit(8) trigger is received.
Symptoms include:

* Sending SIGTERM to auditd doesn't kill it right away; you must send
  SIGTERM and then send a trigger with auditon(2).
* Same with SIGHUP
* Zombie child processes don't get reaped until auditd receives a trigger
  sent by auditon. This includes children created by expiring audit trails
  at auditd startup.

Fix by using sigaction(2) instead of signal(3).

Fixes #34
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asomers authored and cemeyer committed Jul 3, 2018
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16 changes: 12 additions & 4 deletions bin/auditd/auditd.c
Expand Up @@ -415,27 +415,35 @@ close_all(void)
static int
register_daemon(void)
{
struct sigaction action;
FILE * pidfile;
int fd;
pid_t pid;

/* Set up the signal hander. */
if (signal(SIGTERM, auditd_relay_signal) == SIG_ERR) {
action.sa_handler = auditd_relay_signal;
/*
* sa_flags must not include SA_RESTART, so that read(2) will be
* interruptible in auditd_wait_for_events
*/
action.sa_flags = 0;
sigemptyset(&action.sa_mask);
if (sigaction(SIGTERM, &action, NULL) != 0) {
auditd_log_err(
"Could not set signal handler for SIGTERM");
fail_exit();
}
if (signal(SIGCHLD, auditd_relay_signal) == SIG_ERR) {
if (sigaction(SIGCHLD, &action, NULL) != 0) {
auditd_log_err(
"Could not set signal handler for SIGCHLD");
fail_exit();
}
if (signal(SIGHUP, auditd_relay_signal) == SIG_ERR) {
if (sigaction(SIGHUP, &action, NULL) != 0) {
auditd_log_err(
"Could not set signal handler for SIGHUP");
fail_exit();
}
if (signal(SIGALRM, auditd_relay_signal) == SIG_ERR) {
if (sigaction(SIGALRM, &action, NULL) != 0) {
auditd_log_err(
"Could not set signal handler for SIGALRM");
fail_exit();
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