[PATCH] audit: add MOVE_MOUNT auxiliary record to log mount relocation
From: Ricardo Robaina
Date: Mon Jul 13 2026 - 13:03:50 EST
Modern mount tools (util-linux >= 2.39.1) use the new mount API
(fsopen, fsconfig, fsmount, move_mount) instead of the legacy mount(2)
syscall. The generic SYSCALL audit record logs the move_mount syscall
but does not capture the flags argument, creating an audit gap for
mount relocation operations.
Add a MOVE_MOUNT auxiliary record that logs the flags argument passed
to move_mount(2). Pathnames and file descriptors are captured through
existing PATH records and SYSCALL record arguments.
----
type=PATH : item=0 name=/mnt/test_src inode=1 dev=00:41 ...
type=SYSCALL : arch=x86_64 syscall=move_mount ...
type=MOVE_MOUNT : fs_flags=0x4
----
type=PATH : item=0 name=/mnt/test_dst inode=27460862 dev=fc:00 ...
type=SYSCALL : arch=x86_64 syscall=move_mount ...
type=MOVE_MOUNT : fs_flags=0x4
Link: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/152
Link: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/153
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namespace.c | 3 +++
include/linux/audit.h | 10 ++++++++++
include/uapi/linux/audit.h | 1 +
kernel/auditsc.c | 13 +++++++++++++
4 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 3d5cd5bf3b05..a6b0286744d9 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
#include <linux/mnt_idmapping.h>
#include <linux/pidfs.h>
#include <linux/nstree.h>
+#include <linux/audit.h>
#include "pnode.h"
#include "internal.h"
@@ -4625,6 +4626,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(move_mount,
if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH)
uflags = AT_EMPTY_PATH;
+ audit_log_move_mount(flags);
+
CLASS(filename_maybe_null,from_name)(from_pathname, uflags);
if (!from_name && from_dfd >= 0) {
CLASS(fd_raw, f_from)(from_dfd);
diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 45abb3722d30..d1dc4035cb3c 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ extern void __audit_tk_injoffset(struct timespec64 offset);
extern void __audit_ntp_log(const struct audit_ntp_data *ad);
extern void __audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af, unsigned int nentries,
enum audit_nfcfgop op, gfp_t gfp);
+extern void __audit_log_move_mount(unsigned int flags);
static inline void audit_ipc_obj(struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp)
{
@@ -598,6 +599,12 @@ static inline void audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af,
__audit_log_nfcfg(name, af, nentries, op, gfp);
}
+static inline void audit_log_move_mount(unsigned int flags)
+{
+ if (!audit_dummy_context())
+ __audit_log_move_mount(flags);
+}
+
extern int audit_n_rules;
extern int audit_signals;
#else /* CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL */
@@ -730,6 +737,9 @@ static inline void audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af,
enum audit_nfcfgop op, gfp_t gfp)
{ }
+static inline void audit_log_move_mount(unsigned int flags)
+{ }
+
#define audit_n_rules 0
#define audit_signals 0
#endif /* CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
index e8f5ce677df7..40abf3dfd307 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
#define AUDIT_OPENAT2 1337 /* Record showing openat2 how args */
#define AUDIT_DM_CTRL 1338 /* Device Mapper target control */
#define AUDIT_DM_EVENT 1339 /* Device Mapper events */
+#define AUDIT_MOVE_MOUNT 1342 /* Record showing move_mount flags */
#define AUDIT_AVC 1400 /* SE Linux avc denial or grant */
#define AUDIT_SELINUX_ERR 1401 /* Internal SE Linux Errors */
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 6610e667c728..4aca04d33d00 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2882,6 +2882,19 @@ void __audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af, unsigned int nentries,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__audit_log_nfcfg);
+void __audit_log_move_mount(unsigned int flags)
+{
+ struct audit_buffer *ab;
+
+ ab = audit_log_start(audit_context(), GFP_KERNEL,
+ AUDIT_MOVE_MOUNT);
+ if (!ab)
+ return;
+
+ audit_log_format(ab, "fs_flags=0x%x", flags);
+ audit_log_end(ab);
+}
+
static void audit_log_task(struct audit_buffer *ab)
{
kuid_t auid, uid;
--
2.53.0