On Mar 5, 2025 Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When no audit rules are in place, AUDIT_ANOM_{LINK,CREAT} events
> reported in audit_log_path_denied() are unconditionally dropped due to
> an explicit check for the existence of any audit rules. Given this is a
> report of a security violation, allow it to be recorded regardless of
> the existence of any audit rules.
>
> To test,
> mkdir -p /root/tmp
> chmod 1777 /root/tmp
> touch /root/tmp/test.txt
> useradd test
> chown test /root/tmp/test.txt
> {echo C0644 12 test.txt; printf 'hello\ntest1\n'; printf \\000;} | \
> scp -t /root/tmp
> Check with
> ausearch -m ANOM_CREAT -ts recent
>
> Link: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-9065
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/audit.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Looks okay to me, merged into audit/dev, thanks!
> diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
> index 53e3bddcc327..0cf2827882fc 100644
> --- a/kernel/audit.c
> +++ b/kernel/audit.c
> @@ -2285,7 +2285,7 @@ void audit_log_path_denied(int type, const char *operation)
> {
> struct audit_buffer *ab;
>
> - if (!audit_enabled || audit_dummy_context())
> + if (!audit_enabled)
> return;
>
> /* Generate log with subject, operation, outcome. */
> --
> 2.43.5
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