Messages in this thread | | | From | Andy Lutomirski <> | Date | Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:04:07 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3] audit: Turn off TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT when there are no rules |
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On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com> wrote: > On Monday, February 10, 2014 11:01:36 AM Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> >> And I still think this needs more changes. Once again, I do not think >> >> that, say, __audit_log_bprm_fcaps() should populate context->aux if >> >> !TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT, this list can grow indefinitely. Or >> >> __audit_signal_info()... >> >> >> >> Perhaps __audit_syscall_exit() should also set context->dummy? >> > >> > That would work. >> > >> > I'm still torn between trying to make it possible for things like >> > __audit_log_bprm_fcaps to start a syscall audit record in the middle >> > of a syscall or to just try to tighten up the current approach to the >> > point where it will work correctly. >> >> This is worse than I thought. Things like signal auditing can enter >> the audit system from outside of a syscall. I don't think there's >> currently any way to tell whether you're in a syscall (when >> TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT is clear) so getting this to work right would >> require arch help. >> >> I'll ask what people on the Fedora list think about just changing the >> default to -t task,never. > > I can't recall ever seeing the task filter used in real life. But assuming you > wanted to audit no tasks, what is the difference between using that filter and > never setting audit_enable in the first place?
Two possible differences:
1. You can toggle it both ways at runtime. Setting audit_enabled is a one-way street (at least as far TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT is concerned).
2. Do AVC denial messages still get logged if audit_enable == 0? If not, then audit_enable is a non-starter.
--Andy
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