From: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
To: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org,
linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>,
Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>,
x86@kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>,
sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com>,
Linux-Audit Mailing List <linux-audit@redhat.com>,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
Eric Paris <eparis@parisplace.org>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] audit: add support for the openat2 syscall
Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 19:04:07 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHC9VhTyAFou=_Xu7ZSZSY+19Yii=hQ1NW1LPisk49Ot9wg7rg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210520075842.vnbwbw6yffkybk6z@wittgenstein>
On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 3:58 AM Christian Brauner
<christian.brauner@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 04:00:21PM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> > The openat2(2) syscall was added in kernel v5.6 with commit fddb5d430ad9
> > ("open: introduce openat2(2) syscall")
> >
> > Add the openat2(2) syscall to the audit syscall classifier.
> >
> > Link: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/67
> > Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/f5f1a4d8699613f8c02ce762807228c841c2e26f.1621363275.git.rgb@redhat.com
> > ---
> > arch/alpha/kernel/audit.c | 2 ++
> > arch/ia64/kernel/audit.c | 2 ++
> > arch/parisc/kernel/audit.c | 2 ++
> > arch/parisc/kernel/compat_audit.c | 2 ++
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/audit.c | 2 ++
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/compat_audit.c | 2 ++
> > arch/s390/kernel/audit.c | 2 ++
> > arch/s390/kernel/compat_audit.c | 2 ++
> > arch/sparc/kernel/audit.c | 2 ++
> > arch/sparc/kernel/compat_audit.c | 2 ++
> > arch/x86/ia32/audit.c | 2 ++
> > arch/x86/kernel/audit_64.c | 2 ++
> > include/linux/auditsc_classmacros.h | 1 +
> > kernel/auditsc.c | 3 +++
> > lib/audit.c | 4 ++++
> > lib/compat_audit.c | 4 ++++
> > 16 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
...
> > diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
> > index d775ea16505b..3f59ab209dfd 100644
> > --- a/kernel/auditsc.c
> > +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
> > @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
> > #include <linux/fsnotify_backend.h>
> > #include <uapi/linux/limits.h>
> > #include <uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h>
> > +#include <uapi/linux/openat2.h>
> >
> > #include "audit.h"
> >
> > @@ -196,6 +197,8 @@ static int audit_match_perm(struct audit_context *ctx, int mask)
> > return ((mask & AUDIT_PERM_WRITE) && ctx->argv[0] == SYS_BIND);
> > case AUDITSC_EXECVE:
> > return mask & AUDIT_PERM_EXEC;
> > + case AUDITSC_OPENAT2:
> > + return mask & ACC_MODE((u32)((struct open_how *)ctx->argv[2])->flags);
>
> That's a lot of dereferncing, casting and masking all at once. Maybe a
> small static inline helper would be good for the sake of legibility? Sm
> like:
>
> static inline u32 audit_openat2_acc(struct open_how *how, int mask)
> {
> u32 flags = how->flags;
> return mask & ACC_MODE(flags);
> }
>
> but not sure. Just seems more legible to me.
> Otherwise.
I'm on the fence about this. I understand Christian's concern, but I
have a bit of hatred towards single caller functions like this. Since
this function isn't really high-touch, and I don't expect that to
change in the near future, let's leave the casting mess as-is.
--
paul moore
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-24 23:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-19 20:00 [PATCH v4 0/3] audit: add support for openat2 Richard Guy Briggs
2021-05-19 20:00 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] audit: replace magic audit syscall class numbers with macros Richard Guy Briggs
2021-05-20 7:50 ` Christian Brauner
2021-08-05 22:01 ` Paul Moore
2021-09-30 20:38 ` Paul Moore
2021-10-01 19:53 ` Richard Guy Briggs
2021-10-01 20:34 ` Paul Moore
2021-10-04 15:34 ` Paul Moore
2021-05-19 20:00 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] audit: add support for the openat2 syscall Richard Guy Briggs
2021-05-20 7:58 ` Christian Brauner
2021-05-24 23:04 ` Paul Moore [this message]
2022-02-09 3:44 ` Jeff Mahoney
2022-02-09 15:57 ` Paul Moore
2022-02-09 21:18 ` Paul Moore
2022-02-09 22:13 ` Richard Guy Briggs
2022-02-09 22:31 ` Paul Moore
2022-02-09 21:40 ` Richard Guy Briggs
2022-02-09 22:29 ` Paul Moore
2021-05-19 20:00 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] audit: add OPENAT2 record to list how Richard Guy Briggs
2021-05-20 8:03 ` Christian Brauner
2021-05-24 23:08 ` Paul Moore
2021-05-25 15:00 ` Richard Guy Briggs
2021-10-04 16:08 ` Paul Moore
2021-10-04 18:27 ` Richard Guy Briggs
2021-10-21 19:00 ` Steve Grubb
2021-10-21 19:44 ` Richard Guy Briggs
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