linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH ghak59 V1 1/6] audit: give a clue what CONFIG

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Message-Id: <17f22b579c28c6cd9475a57e792b5d4fb4dde1dc.1529003588.git.rgb@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:21:11 -0400
From:   Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
To:     Linux-Audit Mailing List <linux-audit@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     eparis@...isplace.org, Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Viro <aviro@...hat.com>,
        Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH ghak59 V1 1/6] audit: give a clue what CONFIG_CHANGE op was involved

The failure to add an audit rule due to audit locked gives no clue
what CONFIG_CHANGE operation failed.
Similarly the set operation is the only other operation that doesn't
give the "op=" field to indicate the action.
All other CONFIG_CHANGE records include an op= field to give a clue as
to what sort of configuration change is being executed.

Since these are the only CONFIG_CHANGE records that that do not have an
op= field, add them to bring them in line with the rest.

Old records:
type=CONFIG_CHANGE msg=audit(1519812997.781:374): pid=610 uid=0 auid=0 ses=1 subj=... audit_enabled=2 res=0
type=CONFIG_CHANGE msg=audit(2018-06-14 14:55:04.507:47) : audit_enabled=1 old=1 auid=unset ses=unset subj=... res=yes

New records:
type=CONFIG_CHANGE msg=audit(1520958477.855:100): pid=610 uid=0 auid=0 ses=1 subj=... op=add_rule audit_enabled=2 res=0

type=CONFIG_CHANGE msg=audit(2018-06-14 14:55:04.507:47) : op=set audit_enabled=1 old=1 auid=unset ses=unset subj=... res=yes

See: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/59
Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/audit.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index e7478cb..ad54339 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static int audit_log_config_change(char *function_name, u32 new, u32 old,
 	ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE);
 	if (unlikely(!ab))
 		return rc;
-	audit_log_format(ab, "%s=%u old=%u", function_name, new, old);
+	audit_log_format(ab, "op=set %s=%u old=%u", function_name, new, old);
 	audit_log_session_info(ab);
 	rc = audit_log_task_context(ab);
 	if (rc)
@@ -1365,7 +1365,9 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		if (audit_enabled == AUDIT_LOCKED) {
 			audit_log_common_recv_msg(&ab, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE);
-			audit_log_format(ab, " audit_enabled=%d res=0", audit_enabled);
+			audit_log_format(ab, " op=%s_rule audit_enabled=%d res=0",
+					 msg_type == AUDIT_ADD_RULE ? "add" : "remove",
+					 audit_enabled);
 			audit_log_end(ab);
 			return -EPERM;
 		}
-- 
1.8.3.1