Messages in this thread | | | From | Paul Moore <> | Date | Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:21:59 -0400 | Subject | Re: [PATCH ghak96] audit: set cwd in audit context for file-related LSM audit records |
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On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 5:51 PM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com> wrote: > On 2020-04-02 12:31, Vladis Dronov wrote: > > Hello, Casey, all, > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Casey Schaufler" <casey@schaufler-ca.com> > > > 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@redhat.com> 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.
-- paul moore www.paul-moore.com
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