Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [BZ905179] audit: omit check for uid and gid validity in audit rules and data | From | Eric Paris <> | Date | Sun, 12 May 2013 21:22:42 -0400 |
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On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 09:29 -0400, Steve Grubb wrote: > On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 03:38:23 PM Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 02:39:32AM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > > Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> writes: > > > > On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:18:17 -0400 Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com> > wrote: > > > >> audit rule additions containing "-F auid!=4294967295" were failing with > > > >> EINVAL.> > > > The only case where this appears to make the least little bit of sense > > > is if the goal of the test is to test to see if an audit logloginuid > > > has been set at all. In which case depending on a test against > > > 4294967295 is bogus because you are depending on an intimate internal > > > kernel implementation detail. > > > > > > How about something like my untested patch below that add an explicit > > > operation to test if loginuid has been set? > > > > Sorry for the delay in testing this, I had another urgent bug and a > > belligerent test box... > > > > I like this approach better than mine now that I understand it. I've > > tested the patch below without any changes. It works as expected with > > my previous test case. I don't know if a Signed-off-by: is appropriate > > for me in this case, but I'll throw in a: > > > > Tested-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rbriggs@redhat.com> > > > > and recommend a: > > > > Reported-By: Steve Grubb <sbrubb@redhat.com> > > If this is the approved patch, can it be put in stable? The audit system > hasn't worked as intended since January.
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/kernel/auditsc.c?id=780a7654cee8d61819512385e778e4827db4bfbc
Should be queued for 3.7 and later now.
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