linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] audit: log module name on init

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Message-ID: <CAHC9VhRxn5u0Tj2E4wZEu9J9r6EnMMgE=deDdqw2FQmReAEk7Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Feb 2017 13:38:36 -0500
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com>,
        Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-audit@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] audit: log module name on init_module

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com> wrote:
> On 2017-02-14 13:02, Steve Grubb wrote:
>> On Monday, February 13, 2017 4:20:55 PM EST Paul Moore wrote:
>> > On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com> wrote:
>> > > This adds a new auxiliary record MODULE_INIT to the SYSCALL event.
>> > >
>> > > We get finit_module for free since it made most sense to hook this in to
>> > > load_module().
>> > >
>> > > https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/7
>> > > https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/wiki/RFE-Module-load-record-fo
>> > > rmat
>> > Correction for the record:
>> >
>> > *
>> > https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/wiki/RFE-Module-Load-Record-For
>> > mat
>> >
>> > [NOTE: don't resend please, I'll fix this when merging]
>>
>> OK. Support was added to user space for this record. While doing this, I
>> wondered if we also get this auxiliary record when unloading a module?
>
> I thought of that at the time, which influenced the design and wording.
> It is not supported yet, but that should be easier to add.

As a reminder, this is currently in audit/next and will be going up to
Linus next week during the merge window, if you want to change this
record in some backwards incompatible way, e.g. putting a field before
"name", you've got until the end of this week to figure that out.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com