Re: [PATCH V2 ghak120] audit: trigger accompanying records when no rules present

[Paul Moore]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 9:21 AM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When there are no audit rules registered, mandatory records (config,
> etc.) are missing their accompanying records (syscall, proctitle, etc.).
>
> This is due to audit context dummy set on syscall entry based on absence
> of rules that signals that no other records are to be printed.
>
> Clear the dummy bit if any record is generated.
>
> The proctitle context and dummy checks are pointless since the
> proctitle record will not be printed if no syscall records are printed.
>
> Please see upstream github issue
> https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/120
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Chagelog:
> v2:
> - unconditionally clear dummy
> - create audit_clear_dummy accessor function
> - remove proctitle context and dummy checks
> ---
>  kernel/audit.c   | 1 +
>  kernel/audit.h   | 8 ++++++++
>  kernel/auditsc.c | 3 ---
>  3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Merged into audit/next, thanks.

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paul moore
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