[PATCH 4/5] Fix the bug of AUDIT_PERM field added without a watch

Steve Grubb sgrubb at redhat.com
Wed Aug 6 19:13:18 UTC 2008


On Wednesday 06 August 2008 04:15:09 Zhang Xiliang wrote:
> AUDIT_PERM field should used after a watch given.
>
> For example,
> auditctl -a exit,always -F perm=r
>
> No error message is outputed.
> I think we should add checking for it.

This is a legal rule. The kernel will pick the syscalls that satisfy the read 
permission. Typically, you would have other fields in addition. So...I'm not 
applying this patch.

Thanks,
-Steve




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