On 2020-06-09 10:00, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote: > On 6/9/20 9:43 AM, Steve Grubb wrote: > > > > The number in parenthesis is the error code (such as ENOMEM, EINVAL, > > > etc.) IMA uses this format for reporting TPM errors in one of the audit > > > messages (In ima_add_template_entry()). I followed the same pattern. > > > > > > Would it be better if the value for "cause" is formatted as > > > > > > cause=hashing_error_-22 > > > > > > cause=alloc_entry_-12 > > > > Neither fit the name=value style that all other events follow. What would > > fit > > the style is something like this: > > > > cause=hashing_error errno=-22 > > cause=alloc_entry errno=-12 > > > > Would this be OK? Also, errno is only to illustrate. You can name it > > something else as long as there are no use case collisions with our > > dictionary of field names. > > > > https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-documentation/blob/master/specs/fields/ > > field-dictionary.csv > > I am fine with this. > > "errno" is currently not listed in the dictionary of audit message field > names (Thanks for the pointer to this one Steve) > > Mimi - please let me know if you have any concerns with adding the "result" > code in "errno" field in integrity_audit_msg().
If it is added, it should be appended to the end of the record since it is an existing record format, then in the case of res=1, errno= should still be present (not swing in and out) and just contain zero. (Or another value if there is a non-fatal warning?) > Sample message: > > [ 8.051937] audit: type=1804 audit(1591633422.365:8): pid=1 uid=0 > auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 > op=measuring_keys cause=hashing_error errno=-22 comm="systemd" > name=".builtin_trusted_keys" res=0 > > thanks, > -lakshmi - RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs <r...@redhat.com> Sr. S/W Engineer, Kernel Security, Base Operating Systems Remote, Ottawa, Red Hat Canada IRC: rgb, SunRaycer Voice: +1.647.777.2635, Internal: (81) 32635 -- Linux-audit mailing list Linux-audit@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-audit
