[PATCH V2] audit: shorten PATH cap values when zero

[Richard Guy Briggs]

Since the vast majority of files (99.993% on a typical system) have no
fcaps, display "0" instead of the full zero-padded 16 hex digits in the
two PATH record cap_f* fields to save netlink bandwidth and disk space.

Simply changing the format to %x won't work since the value is two (or
possibly more in the future) 32-bit hexadecimal values concatenated and
bits in higher order values will be misrepresented.

Passes audit-testsuite and userspace tools already work fine.
Please see the github issue tracker for more details
https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/101

Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <***@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Steve Grubb <***@redhat.com>
---
Changelog:
v2:
- switch to cap_isclear() and condense logic

kernel/audit.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 2a8058764aa6..55b2079145dc 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -2058,11 +2058,13 @@ void audit_log_cap(struct audit_buffer *ab, char *prefix, kernel_cap_t *cap)
{
int i;

- audit_log_format(ab, " %s=", prefix);
- CAP_FOR_EACH_U32(i) {
- audit_log_format(ab, "%08x",
- cap->cap[CAP_LAST_U32 - i]);
+ if (cap_isclear(*cap)) {
+ audit_log_format(ab, " %s=0", prefix);
+ return;
}
+ audit_log_format(ab, " %s=", prefix);
+ CAP_FOR_EACH_U32(i)
+ audit_log_format(ab, "%08x", cap->cap[CAP_LAST_U32 - i]);
}

static void audit_log_fcaps(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct audit_names *name)

[Paul Moore]

Post by Richard Guy Briggs
Since the vast majority of files (99.993% on a typical system) have no
fcaps, display "0" instead of the full zero-padded 16 hex digits in the
two PATH record cap_f* fields to save netlink bandwidth and disk space.
Simply changing the format to %x won't work since the value is two (or
possibly more in the future) 32-bit hexadecimal values concatenated and
bits in higher order values will be misrepresented.
Passes audit-testsuite and userspace tools already work fine.
Please see the github issue tracker for more details
https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/101
---
- switch to cap_isclear() and condense logic
kernel/audit.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Merged into audit/next. Thanks.

Post by Richard Guy Briggs
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 2a8058764aa6..55b2079145dc 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -2058,11 +2058,13 @@ void audit_log_cap(struct audit_buffer *ab, char *prefix, kernel_cap_t *cap)
{
int i;
- audit_log_format(ab, " %s=", prefix);
- CAP_FOR_EACH_U32(i) {
- audit_log_format(ab, "%08x",
- cap->cap[CAP_LAST_U32 - i]);
+ if (cap_isclear(*cap)) {
+ audit_log_format(ab, " %s=0", prefix);
+ return;
}
+ audit_log_format(ab, " %s=", prefix);
+ CAP_FOR_EACH_U32(i)
+ audit_log_format(ab, "%08x", cap->cap[CAP_LAST_U32 - i]);
}
static void audit_log_fcaps(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct audit_names *name)
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