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From:   Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Date:   Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:39:12 -0400
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH ghak32 V2 06/13] audit: add support for non-syscall
 auxiliary records
To:     Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
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On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 5:00 AM, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com> wrote:
> Standalone audit records have the timestamp and serial number generated
> on the fly and as such are unique, making them standalone.  This new
> function audit_alloc_local() generates a local audit context that will
> be used only for a standalone record and its auxiliary record(s).  The
> context is discarded immediately after the local associated records are
> produced.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/audit.h |  8 ++++++++
>  kernel/auditsc.c      | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
> index ed16bb6..c0b83cb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/audit.h
> +++ b/include/linux/audit.h
> @@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ static inline int audit_log_container_info(struct audit_context *context,
>  /* These are defined in auditsc.c */
>                                 /* Public API */
>  extern int  audit_alloc(struct task_struct *task);
> +extern struct audit_context *audit_alloc_local(void);
>  extern void __audit_free(struct task_struct *task);
> +extern void audit_free_context(struct audit_context *context);
>  extern void __audit_syscall_entry(int major, unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1,
>                                   unsigned long a2, unsigned long a3);
>  extern void __audit_syscall_exit(int ret_success, long ret_value);
> @@ -472,6 +474,12 @@ static inline int audit_alloc(struct task_struct *task)
>  {
>         return 0;
>  }
> +static inline struct audit_context *audit_alloc_local(void)
> +{
> +       return NULL;
> +}
> +static inline void audit_free_context(struct audit_context *context)
> +{ }
>  static inline void audit_free(struct task_struct *task)
>  { }
>  static inline void audit_syscall_entry(int major, unsigned long a0,
> diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
> index 2932ef1..7103d23 100644
> --- a/kernel/auditsc.c
> +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
> @@ -959,8 +959,26 @@ int audit_alloc(struct task_struct *tsk)
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> -static inline void audit_free_context(struct audit_context *context)
> +struct audit_context *audit_alloc_local(void)
>  {
> +       struct audit_context *context;
> +
> +       if (!audit_ever_enabled)
> +               return NULL; /* Return if not auditing. */
> +
> +       context = audit_alloc_context(AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT);
> +       if (!context)
> +               return NULL;
> +       context->serial = audit_serial();
> +       context->ctime = current_kernel_time64();
> +       context->in_syscall = 1;
> +       return context;
> +}
> +
> +inline void audit_free_context(struct audit_context *context)
> +{
> +       if (!context)
> +               return;
>         audit_free_names(context);
>         unroll_tree_refs(context, NULL, 0);
>         free_tree_refs(context);

I'm reserving the option to comment on this idea further as I make my
way through the patchset, but audit_free_context() definitely
shouldn't be declared as an inline function.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com