linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] audit: record fanotify event regardless of presence of rules

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Message-ID: <74767dff9834360b2100907df5142ab9@paul-moore.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 21:47:38 -0400
From: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>, Linux-Audit Mailing List <linux-audit@...ts.linux-audit.osci.io>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Audit Mailing List <audit@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>, Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com>, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] audit: record fanotify event regardless of presence of  rules

On Aug  6, 2025 Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
> When no audit rules are in place, fanotify event results are
> unconditionally dropped due to an explicit check for the existence of
> any audit rules.  Given this is a report from another security
> sub-system, allow it to be recorded regardless of the existence of any
> audit rules.
> 
> To test, install and run the fapolicyd daemon with default config.  Then
> as an unprivileged user, create and run a very simple binary that should
> be denied.  Then check for an event with
> 	ausearch -m FANOTIFY -ts recent
> 
> Link: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-9065
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
> ---
> changelog:
> v2
> - re-add audit_enabled check
> ---
>  include/linux/audit.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Merged into audit/dev-staging with the plan being to merge it to
audit/dev once the merge window closes.

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