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

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Message-ID: <CAHC9VhQY_0wm_Wz7HD0wv0Xc_Pikv3FNtw4_ppGSYLyyKdFJWA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 18:23:10 -0400
From: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Cc: 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>, Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>, 
	Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...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 Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com> wrote:
> On 2025-08-06 21:47, Paul Moore wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Thanks Paul.

Now merged into audit/dev, thanks!

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