Re: [PATCH ghak80 V1] audit: add syscall information to FEATURE_CHANGE records

[Paul Moore]

On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 8:46 AM, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tie syscall information to FEATURE_CHANGE calls since it is a result of
> user action.
>
> See: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/80
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/audit.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
> index 8da24ef..23f125b 100644
> --- a/kernel/audit.c
> +++ b/kernel/audit.c
> @@ -1103,10 +1103,9 @@ static void audit_log_feature_change(int which, u32 old_feature, u32 new_feature
>  {
>         struct audit_buffer *ab;
>
> -       if (audit_enabled == AUDIT_OFF)
> +       if (!audit_enabled)

Sooo, this is an unrelated style change, why?  Looking at the rest of
kernel/audit.c we seem to use a mix of "(!x)" and "(x == 0/CONST)" so
why are you adding noise to this patch?

>                 return;
> -
> -       ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_FEATURE_CHANGE);
> +       ab = audit_log_start(current->audit_context, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_FEATURE_CHANGE);

This is the important part, and the Right Thing To Do.

>         if (!ab)
>                 return;
>         audit_log_task_info(ab, current);
> --
> 1.8.3.1

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com