From: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
To: audit@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: paul@paul-moore.com, eparis@redhat.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk,
brauner@kernel.org, jack@suse.cz, sgrubb@redhat.com,
Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] audit: add FSCONFIG auxiliary record to log filesystem configuration
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:00:13 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260713170013.4073499-1-rrobaina@redhat.com> (raw)
Modern mount tools (util-linux >= 2.39.1) use the new mount API
(fsopen, fsconfig, fsmount, move_mount) instead of the legacy mount(2)
syscall. The generic SYSCALL audit record logs the fsconfig syscall but
does not capture the configuration parameters, creating an audit gap for
critical mount information such as the device being mounted.
Add an FSCONFIG auxiliary record that logs the command type, parameter
name (key), parameter value, and aux parameter passed to fsconfig(2).
----
type=SYSCALL : syscall=fsconfig a1=FSCONFIG_SET_STRING ...
type=FSCONFIG : fs_cmd=1 fs_key=source fs_val="tmpfs" fs_aux=0
----
type=SYSCALL : syscall=fsconfig a1=FSCONFIG_CMD_CREATE ...
type=FSCONFIG : fs_cmd=6 fs_key=(null) fs_val=(null) fs_aux=0
----
type=SYSCALL : syscall=fsconfig a0=0x4 a1=FSCONFIG_SET_BINARY ...
type=FSCONFIG : fs_cmd=2 fs_key=hidepid fs_val="<binary>" fs_aux=4
Link: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/153
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
---
fs/fsopen.c | 7 +++++++
include/linux/audit.h | 13 +++++++++++++
include/uapi/linux/audit.h | 1 +
kernel/auditsc.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/fsopen.c b/fs/fsopen.c
index ae19e5136598..9b3c02f59df4 100644
--- a/fs/fsopen.c
+++ b/fs/fsopen.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <linux/namei.h>
#include <linux/file.h>
#include <uapi/linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/audit.h>
#include "internal.h"
#include "mount.h"
@@ -357,6 +358,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(fsconfig,
struct fs_context *fc;
int ret;
int lookup_flags = 0;
+ const char *value_str = NULL;
struct fs_parameter param = {
.type = fs_value_is_undefined,
@@ -423,6 +425,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(fsconfig,
goto out_key;
}
param.size = strlen(param.string);
+ value_str = param.string;
break;
case FSCONFIG_SET_BINARY:
param.type = fs_value_is_blob;
@@ -432,6 +435,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(fsconfig,
ret = PTR_ERR(param.blob);
goto out_key;
}
+ value_str = "<binary>";
break;
case FSCONFIG_SET_PATH_EMPTY:
lookup_flags = LOOKUP_EMPTY;
@@ -445,6 +449,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(fsconfig,
}
param.dirfd = aux;
param.size = strlen(param.name->name);
+ value_str = param.name->name;
break;
case FSCONFIG_SET_FD:
param.type = fs_value_is_file;
@@ -458,6 +463,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(fsconfig,
break;
}
+ audit_log_fsconfig(cmd, param.key, value_str, aux);
+
ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&fc->uapi_mutex);
if (ret == 0) {
ret = vfs_fsconfig_locked(fc, cmd, ¶m);
diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 45abb3722d30..978eb881974c 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -449,6 +449,8 @@ extern void __audit_tk_injoffset(struct timespec64 offset);
extern void __audit_ntp_log(const struct audit_ntp_data *ad);
extern void __audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af, unsigned int nentries,
enum audit_nfcfgop op, gfp_t gfp);
+extern void __audit_log_fsconfig(unsigned int cmd, const char *key,
+ const char *value, int aux);
static inline void audit_ipc_obj(struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp)
{
@@ -598,6 +600,13 @@ static inline void audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af,
__audit_log_nfcfg(name, af, nentries, op, gfp);
}
+static inline void audit_log_fsconfig(unsigned int cmd, const char *key,
+ const char *value, int aux)
+{
+ if (!audit_dummy_context())
+ __audit_log_fsconfig(cmd, key, value, aux);
+}
+
extern int audit_n_rules;
extern int audit_signals;
#else /* CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL */
@@ -730,6 +739,10 @@ static inline void audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af,
enum audit_nfcfgop op, gfp_t gfp)
{ }
+static inline void audit_log_fsconfig(unsigned int cmd, const char *key,
+ const char *value, int aux)
+{ }
+
#define audit_n_rules 0
#define audit_signals 0
#endif /* CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
index e8f5ce677df7..5cd0eb602528 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
#define AUDIT_OPENAT2 1337 /* Record showing openat2 how args */
#define AUDIT_DM_CTRL 1338 /* Device Mapper target control */
#define AUDIT_DM_EVENT 1339 /* Device Mapper events */
+#define AUDIT_FSCONFIG 1341 /* Record showing fsconfig args */
#define AUDIT_AVC 1400 /* SE Linux avc denial or grant */
#define AUDIT_SELINUX_ERR 1401 /* Internal SE Linux Errors */
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 6610e667c728..222bf79ee9bd 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2882,6 +2882,33 @@ void __audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af, unsigned int nentries,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__audit_log_nfcfg);
+void __audit_log_fsconfig(unsigned int cmd, const char *key,
+ const char *value, int aux)
+{
+ struct audit_buffer *ab;
+
+ ab = audit_log_start(audit_context(), GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_FSCONFIG);
+ if (!ab)
+ return;
+
+ audit_log_format(ab, "fs_cmd=%u", cmd);
+ audit_log_format(ab, " fs_key=");
+ if (value)
+ audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, key);
+ else
+ audit_log_format(ab, "(null)");
+
+ audit_log_format(ab, " fs_val=");
+ if (value)
+ audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, value);
+ else
+ audit_log_format(ab, "(null)");
+
+ audit_log_format(ab, " fs_aux=%d", aux);
+
+ audit_log_end(ab);
+}
+
static void audit_log_task(struct audit_buffer *ab)
{
kuid_t auid, uid;
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-13 17:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-13 17:00 Ricardo Robaina [this message]
2026-07-21 22:18 ` [PATCH] audit: add FSCONFIG auxiliary record to log filesystem configuration Richard Guy Briggs
2026-07-22 13:05 ` Ricardo Robaina
2026-07-22 13:22 ` Richard Guy Briggs
2026-07-22 14:43 ` Christian Brauner
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