Re: Difference between BITMAP_EXECUTABLE_PATH and BITMAP_EXCLUDE_EXTEND flags

Steve Grubb <[email protected]>
Newsgroups com.redhat.linux-audit
Organization Red Hat
Message-ID <2405286.jE0xQCEvom@x2>
On Monday, January 16, 2023 11:15:46 AM EST Avtansh Gupta wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> Please could you help me understand the difference between the following
> flags which are being used?
> 
> AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_EXECUTABLE_PATH

This ^^^ means the kernel supports -F exe=  in the rules.
https://listman.redhat.com/archives/linux-audit/2015-August/010585.html

> AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_EXCLUDE_EXTEND

This ^^^ means that the exclude filter supports many more kinds of fields than 
the original design allowed for. 
https://listman.redhat.com/archives/linux-audit/2016-June/011433.html

For upstream kernels and ones derived after it was release, the second 
implies the first one is already included.

-Steve


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