Re: [PATCH] Add SELinux context and TTY name to AUDIT_TTY records
From: Miloslav Trmac
Date: Fri Mar 20 2009 - 04:53:47 EST
Paul,
Thanks for your review.
----- "Paul Moore" <paul.moore@xxxxxx> wrote:
> There are several audit experts which should review this code but two
> things
> jumped out at me when glancing at your patch:
>
> 1. SELinux SIDs should not be recorded
Almost all code that logs SELinux contexts in kernel/audit* does the same thing as this patch, falling back to a SID if it can't be converted to a string.
> 2. From a SELinux/security point of view ttys are considered objects
> and their labels/contexts should be recorded with "obj=" not
> "subj="
The patch logs the context of the process, not of the TTY.
Mirek
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