On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 1:42 AM, Richard Guy Briggs <r...@redhat.com> wrote: > In commit 45b578fe4c3cade6f4ca1fc934ce199afd857edc > ("audit: link denied should not directly generate PATH record") > the need for the struct path *link parameter was removed. > Remove the now useless struct path argument. > > Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <r...@redhat.com> > --- > fs/namei.c | 4 ++-- > include/linux/audit.h | 6 ++---- > kernel/audit.c | 3 +-- > 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c > index 9cc91fb..e3682bb 100644 > --- a/fs/namei.c > +++ b/fs/namei.c > @@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ static inline int may_follow_link(struct nameidata *nd) > if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > return -ECHILD; > > - audit_log_link_denied("follow_link", &nd->stack[0].link); > + audit_log_link_denied("follow_link"); > return -EACCES; > } > > @@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ static int may_linkat(struct path *link) > if (safe_hardlink_source(inode) || inode_owner_or_capable(inode)) > return 0; > > - audit_log_link_denied("linkat", link); > + audit_log_link_denied("linkat"); > return -EPERM; > }
This removed the "link" details in both cases, and then commit ea841bafda3f ("audit: add refused symlink to audit_names") added back one of them: > diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c > index e3682bb72cb5..5f8e8e2732e1 100644 > --- a/fs/namei.c > +++ b/fs/namei.c > @@ -945,6 +945,7 @@ static inline int may_follow_link(struct nameidata *nd) > if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > return -ECHILD; > > + audit_inode(nd->name, nd->stack[0].link.dentry, 0); > audit_log_link_denied("follow_link"); > return -EACCES; > } Why remove it in the first place, and why add it back open-coded in only one place? -Kees -- Kees Cook Pixel Security -- Linux-audit mailing list Linux-audit@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-audit