[PATCH V2 1/3] audit: deprecate the AUDIT_FILTER_ENTRY filter

The audit entry filter has been long deprecated with userspace support finally removed in audit-v2.6.7 and plans to remove kernel support have existed since kernel-v2.6.31. Remove it. Passes audit-testsuite. See: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/6 Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb(a)redhat.com&gt; --- kernel/auditfilter.c | 4 ++-- kernel/auditsc.c | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c index 4a1758a..1bbf5de 100644 --- a/kernel/auditfilter.c +++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c @@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ static inline struct audit_entry *audit_to_entry_common(struct audit_rule_data * goto exit_err; #ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL case AUDIT_FILTER_ENTRY: - if (rule->action == AUDIT_ALWAYS) - goto exit_err; + pr_err("AUDIT_FILTER_ENTRY is deprecated\n"); + goto exit_err; case AUDIT_FILTER_EXIT: case AUDIT_FILTER_TASK: #endif diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c index e80459f..9348302 100644 --- a/kernel/auditsc.c +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c @@ -1530,7 +1530,8 @@ void __audit_syscall_entry(int major, unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2, context->dummy = !audit_n_rules; if (!context->dummy && state == AUDIT_BUILD_CONTEXT) { context->prio = 0; - state = audit_filter_syscall(tsk, context, &audit_filter_list[AUDIT_FILTER_ENTRY]); + if (auditd_test_task(tsk)) + return; } if (state == AUDIT_DISABLED) return; -- 1.8.3.1