Re: [PATCH 00/13] audit: log all six syscall arguments in the SYSCALL record

[Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 02:02:50PM -0300, Ricardo Robaina wrote:
> The SYSCALL record currently logs only four of the six syscall
> arguments (a0-a3), silently discarding the remaining two. This
> leads to the need for auxiliary records when audit-relevant
> data lands in the 5th or 6th argument of a syscall.
> 
> This series extends the SYSCALL record to log all six arguments,
> by adding arguments a4 and a5 inline within the existing record.
> 
> The audit testsuite runs successfully:
> 
>  # make test
>  make -C tests test
>  chmod +x */test
>  Running as   user    root
>         with context unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
>         on   system  Fedora
> 
>  amcast_joinpart/test ................. ok   
>  backlog_wait_time_actual_reset/test .. ok   
>  bpf/test ............................. ok   
>  coredump/test ........................ ok   
>  exec_execve/test ..................... ok   
>  exec_name/test ....................... ok     
>  fanotify/test ........................ ok   
>  field_compare/test ................... ok     
>  file_create/test ..................... ok   
>  file_delete/test ..................... ok   
>  file_permission/test ................. ok   
>  file_rename/test ..................... ok   
>  filter_device/test ................... ok     
>  filter_exclude/test .................. ok     
>  filter_exit/test ..................... ok   
>  filter_inode/test .................... ok   
>  filter_saddr_fam/test ................ ok   
>  filter_sessionid/test ................ ok   
>  io_uring/test ........................ ok   
>  login_tty/test ....................... ok   
>  lost_reset/test ...................... ok   
>  netfilter_pkt/test ................... ok     
>  signal/test .......................... ok   
>  syscalls_file/test ................... ok   
>  syscall_module/test .................. ok   
>  syscall_socketcall/test .............. ok   
>  time_change/test ..................... ok     
>  user_msg/test ........................ ok   
>  All tests successful.
>  Result: PASS
> 
> Ricardo Robaina (13):
>   audit: log all six syscall arguments in the SYSCALL record
>   alpha: pass all six syscall args to audit_syscall_entry()
>   arm: pass all six syscall args to audit_syscall_entry()
>   arm64: pass all six syscall args to audit_syscall_entry()
>   csky: pass all six syscall args to audit_syscall_entry()
>   microblaze: pass all six syscall args to audit_syscall_entry()
>   mips: pass all six syscall args to audit_syscall_entry()
>   openrisc: pass all six syscall args to audit_syscall_entry()
>   parisc: pass all six syscall args to audit_syscall_entry()
>   sh: pass all six syscall args to audit_syscall_entry()
>   sparc64: pass all six syscall args to audit_syscall_entry()
>   um: pass all six syscall args to audit_syscall_entry()
>   xtensa: pass all six syscall args to audit_syscall_entry()

Could audit make use of syscall_get_arguments() instead?

Will