Re: [PATCH ghak90 V5 06/10] audit: add support for non-syscall auxiliary records

[Paul Moore]

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 2:34 PM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Standalone audit records have the timestamp and serial number generated
> on the fly and as such are unique, making them standalone.  This new
> function audit_alloc_local() generates a local audit context that will
> be used only for a standalone record and its auxiliary record(s).  The
> context is discarded immediately after the local associated records are
> produced.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/audit.h |  8 ++++++++
>  kernel/audit.h        |  1 +
>  kernel/auditsc.c      | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

...

> diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
> index ebd6625ca80e..6db5aba7cc01 100644
> --- a/include/linux/audit.h
> +++ b/include/linux/audit.h
> @@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ static inline void audit_log_contid(struct audit_context *context, u64 contid)
>
>  /* These are defined in auditsc.c */
>                                 /* Public API */
> +extern struct audit_context *audit_alloc_local(gfp_t gfpflags);
> +extern void audit_free_context(struct audit_context *context);
>  extern void __audit_syscall_entry(int major, unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1,
>                                   unsigned long a2, unsigned long a3);
>  extern void __audit_syscall_exit(int ret_success, long ret_value);
> @@ -512,6 +514,12 @@ static inline void audit_fanotify(unsigned int response)
>  extern int audit_n_rules;
>  extern int audit_signals;
>  #else /* CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL */
> +static inline struct audit_context *audit_alloc_local(gfp_t gfpflags)
> +{
> +       return NULL;
> +}
> +static inline void audit_free_context(struct audit_context *context)
> +{ }
>  static inline void audit_syscall_entry(int major, unsigned long a0,
>                                        unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2,
>                                        unsigned long a3)
> diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
> index c5ac6436317e..2a1a8b8a8019 100644
> --- a/kernel/audit.h
> +++ b/kernel/audit.h
> @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ struct audit_proctitle {
>  struct audit_context {
>         int                 dummy;      /* must be the first element */
>         int                 in_syscall; /* 1 if task is in a syscall */
> +       bool                local;      /* local context needed */

It's very possible I've missed it, but "local" never gets used in any
meaningful way in this patchset does it?

>         enum audit_state    state, current_state;
>         unsigned int        serial;     /* serial number for record */
>         int                 major;      /* syscall number */

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paul moore
www.paul-moore.com