Re: [PATCH ghak96] audit: set cwd in audit context for file-related LSM audit records

[Paul Moore]

On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 5:51 PM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2020-04-02 12:31, Vladis Dronov wrote:
> > Hello, Casey, all,
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Casey Schaufler" <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH ghak96] audit: set cwd in audit context for file-related LSM audit records
> > >
> > > On 4/2/2020 7:13 AM, Vladis Dronov wrote:
> > > > Set a current working directory in an audit context for the following
> > > > record
> > > > types in dump_common_audit_data(): LSM_AUDIT_DATA_PATH,
> > > > LSM_AUDIT_DATA_FILE,
> > > > LSM_AUDIT_DATA_IOCTL_OP, LSM_AUDIT_DATA_DENTRY, LSM_AUDIT_DATA_INODE so a
> > > > separate CWD record is emitted later.
> > > >
> > > > Link: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/96
> > >
> > > I don't have a problem with the patch, but it sure would be nice
> > > if you explained why these events "could use a CWD record".
> >
> > (adding Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> which I should have been done earlier)
> >
> > I would agree, adding "cwd=" field in the LSM record itself is simpler to me.
>
> We already have a CWD record to record this information.  It usually
> accompanies an AUDIT_PATH record, but the intent is that it accompanies
> any event that has filesystem pathnames in path= or name= fields in
> records to help understand the command's context relative to the
> filesystem.

Yes, I think the right thing to do here is simply generate a CWD
record in these cases.

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paul moore
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