linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] sched: only issue an audit on privileged operation

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Date:   Tue, 8 Sep 2020 12:25:37 +0200
From:   peterz@...radead.org
To:     Christian Göttsche <cgzones@...glemail.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] sched: only issue an audit on privileged operation

On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 06:00:31PM +0200, Christian Göttsche wrote:
> sched_setattr(2) does via kernel/sched/core.c:__sched_setscheduler()
> issue a CAP_SYS_NICE audit event unconditionally, even when the requested
> operation does not require that capability / is un-privileged.
> 
> Perform privilged/unprivileged catigorization first and perform a
> capable test only if needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@...glemail.com>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/core.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

So who sodding cares about audit, and why is that a reason to make a
trainwreck of code?