From: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
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Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 00/13] audit: log all six syscall arguments in the SYSCALL record
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 11:43:33 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1788351089.git.rrobaina@redhat.com> (raw)
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
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
Changes in v2:
- Rework the core change per Will Deacon's suggestion: instead of
plumbing all six arguments through every architecture's syscall
entry path, __audit_syscall_entry() now takes a struct pt_regs *
and retrieves the arguments itself via syscall_get_arguments().
- Per-arch patches now simply pass regs instead of the individual
argument registers.
- Fetch the arguments directly into context->argv, dropping the
temporary array.
Ricardo Robaina (13):
audit: log all six syscall arguments in the SYSCALL record
alpha: pass pt_regs to audit_syscall_entry()
arm: pass pt_regs to audit_syscall_entry()
arm64: pass pt_regs to audit_syscall_entry()
csky: pass pt_regs to audit_syscall_entry()
microblaze: pass pt_regs to audit_syscall_entry()
mips: pass pt_regs to audit_syscall_entry()
openrisc: pass pt_regs to audit_syscall_entry()
parisc: pass pt_regs to audit_syscall_entry()
sh: pass pt_regs to audit_syscall_entry()
sparc64: pass pt_regs to audit_syscall_entry()
um: pass pt_regs to audit_syscall_entry()
xtensa: pass pt_regs to audit_syscall_entry()
arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c | 3 +--
arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c | 3 +--
arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c | 3 +--
arch/csky/kernel/ptrace.c | 2 +-
arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c | 2 +-
arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c | 4 +---
arch/openrisc/kernel/ptrace.c | 3 +--
arch/parisc/kernel/ptrace.c | 9 ++-------
arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_32.c | 3 +--
arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace_64.c | 4 +---
arch/um/kernel/ptrace.c | 6 +-----
arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c | 4 +---
include/linux/audit.h | 13 ++++---------
include/uapi/linux/audit.h | 2 ++
kernel/audit.h | 2 +-
kernel/auditfilter.c | 2 ++
kernel/auditsc.c | 19 ++++++++-----------
kernel/entry/syscall-common.c | 4 +---
18 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)
--
2.55.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 14:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-02 14:43 Ricardo Robaina [this message]
2026-09-02 14:43 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] audit: log all six syscall arguments in the SYSCALL record Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-03 8:21 ` Will Deacon
2026-09-02 14:43 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] alpha: pass pt_regs to audit_syscall_entry() Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-02 14:43 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] arm: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-02 14:43 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] arm64: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-03 8:22 ` Will Deacon
2026-09-02 14:43 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] csky: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-02 14:43 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] microblaze: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-02 14:43 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] mips: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-02 14:43 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] openrisc: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-02 14:43 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] parisc: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-02 14:43 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] sh: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-02 14:43 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] sparc64: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-02 14:43 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] um: " Ricardo Robaina
2026-09-02 14:43 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] xtensa: " Ricardo Robaina
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