Re: [PATCH 1/2] integrity: Add errno field in audit message
On 6/12/20 12:25 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote:
The idea is a good idea, but you're assuming that
"result" is always
errno. That was probably true originally, but isn't now. For
example, ima_appraise_measurement() calls xattr_verify(), which
compares the security.ima hash with the calculated file hash. On
failure, it returns the result of memcmp(). Each and every code path
will need to be checked.
Good catch Mimi.
Instead of "errno" should we just use "result" and log the value given
in the result parameter?
From the audit field dictionary (link given below) "result" is already
a known field that is used to indicate the result of the audited operation.
@Steve\Paul:
Like "res" is "result" also expected to have only values "0"
or "1", or
can it be any result code?
https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-documentation/blob/master/specs/fiel...
res alphanumeric result of the audited operation(success/fail)
result alphanumeric result of the audited operation(success/fail)
thanks,
-lakshmi