Messages in this thread | | | From | Paul Moore <> | Date | Thu, 25 Jun 2020 15:14:34 -0400 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] IMA: Add audit log for failure conditions |
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On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 1:25 PM Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@linux.microsoft.com> wrote: > > On 6/23/20 12:58 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote: > > Hi Steve\Paul, > > >> Sample audit messages: > >> > >> [ 6.303048] audit: type=1804 audit(1592506281.627:2): pid=1 uid=0 > >> auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=kernel op=measuring_key > >> cause=ENOMEM comm="swapper/0" name=".builtin_trusted_keys" res=0 > >> errno=-12 > > > > My only concern is that auditing -ENOMEM will put additional memory > > pressure on the system. I'm not sure if this is a concern and, if so, > > how it should be handled. > > Do you have any concerns with respect to adding audit messages in low > memory conditions?
Assuming the system is not completely toast, the allocation failure could be a very transient issue; I wouldn't worry too much about it.
-- paul moore www.paul-moore.com
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