Re: [PATCH] audit: log module name on delete_module

[peter enderborg]

On 03/09/2017 03:08 PM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> Record the module name of a delete_module call.
>
> See: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/37
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/module.c |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
> index 5432dbe..633f6da 100644
> --- a/kernel/module.c
> +++ b/kernel/module.c
> @@ -943,6 +943,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(delete_module, const char __user *, name_user,
>  		return -EFAULT;
>  	name[MODULE_NAME_LEN-1] = '\0';
>  
> +	audit_log_kern_module(name);
> +
>  	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&module_mutex) != 0)
>  		return -EINTR;
>  

Is it not better to have that log when we are sure that the module will be deleted and are stopped?