From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
To: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/14] audit: log all six syscall arguments in the SYSCALL record
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:29:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <arO4GNT_5wNEYsCO@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <855572d1b7461e7f258547be0f11c74029755110.1790088067.git.rrobaina@redhat.com>
On 09/22, Ricardo Robaina wrote:
>
> The SYSCALL record currently logs only four of the six syscall
> arguments (a0-a3). The remaining two are captured but silently
> discarded before reaching the audit context. This leads to the
> need for auxiliary records when audit-relevant data lands in the
> 5th or 6th argument of a syscall.
>
> Extend the SYSCALL record to log all six arguments, by adding
> arguments a4 and a5 (5th and 6th syscall arguments respectively)
> inline within the existing record. Also add the two new args to
> the audit rules switch case, so audit rules can filter on them.
>
> Rather than plumbing two more register arguments through every
> architecture's syscall entry path, retrieve the arguments from
> pt_regs via syscall_get_arguments(). To keep the series bisectable,
> add new helpers audit_syscall_entry_regs() and
> __audit_syscall_entry_regs() that take a pointer to pt_regs, rather
> than modifying the existing ones in place. Later patches convert
> each architecture over to the new helpers, and a final patch removes
> the legacy helpers and renames the new ones back to the original
> naming.
Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-23 11:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-22 19:19 [PATCH v3 00/14] " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-22 19:19 ` [PATCH v3 01/14] " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-23 11:29 ` Oleg Nesterov [this message]
2026-09-22 19:19 ` [PATCH v3 02/14] arm: pass pt_regs to audit_syscall_entry() Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-22 19:19 ` [PATCH v3 03/14] arm64: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-22 19:19 ` [PATCH v3 04/14] csky: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-22 19:19 ` [PATCH v3 05/14] microblaze: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-22 19:19 ` [PATCH v3 06/14] mips: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-22 19:19 ` [PATCH v3 07/14] openrisc: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-22 19:20 ` [PATCH v3 08/14] parisc: mask compat syscall arguments in syscall_get_arguments() Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-22 19:20 ` [PATCH v3 09/14] parisc: pass pt_regs to audit_syscall_entry() Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-22 19:20 ` [PATCH v3 10/14] sh: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-22 19:20 ` [PATCH v3 11/14] sparc64: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-22 19:20 ` [PATCH v3 12/14] um: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-22 19:20 ` [PATCH v3 13/14] xtensa: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-22 19:20 ` [PATCH v3 14/14] audit: rename audit_syscall_entry_regs() " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-23 11:30 ` Oleg Nesterov
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