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author | Steve Dower <steve.dower@python.org> | 2019-11-18 19:32:46 (GMT) |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-11-18 19:32:46 (GMT) |
commit | 00923c63995e34cdc25d699478f113de99a69df9 (patch) | |
tree | 597e8346b14d890b99ddcd6ee8c3ef659f349dd2 /Doc | |
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bpo-38622: Add missing audit events for ctypes module (GH-17158)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst index 1f84b7a..e0bc28f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst @@ -1526,6 +1526,12 @@ object is available: ``ctypes.dlsym`` with arguments ``library`` (the library object) and ``name`` (the symbol's name as a string or integer). +.. audit-event:: ctypes.dlsym/handle handle,name ctypes.LibraryLoader + + In cases when only the library handle is available rather than the object, + accessing a function raises an auditing event ``ctypes.dlsym/handle`` with + arguments ``handle`` (the raw library handle) and ``name``. + .. _ctypes-foreign-functions: Foreign functions @@ -1611,6 +1617,19 @@ They are instances of a private class: passed arguments. +.. audit-event:: ctypes.seh_exception code foreign-functions + + On Windows, when a foreign function call raises a system exception (for + example, due to an access violation), it will be captured and replaced with + a suitable Python exception. Further, an auditing event + ``ctypes.seh_exception`` with argument ``code`` will be raised, allowing an + audit hook to replace the exception with its own. + +.. audit-event:: ctypes.call_function func_pointer,arguments ctype-foreign-functions + + Some ways to invoke foreign function calls may raise an auditing event + ``ctypes.call_function`` with arguments ``function pointer`` and ``arguments``. + .. _ctypes-function-prototypes: Function prototypes @@ -1802,6 +1821,8 @@ Utility functions Returns the address of the memory buffer as integer. *obj* must be an instance of a ctypes type. + .. audit-event:: ctypes.addressof obj ctypes.addressof + .. function:: alignment(obj_or_type) @@ -1844,6 +1865,7 @@ Utility functions termination character. An integer can be passed as second argument which allows specifying the size of the array if the length of the bytes should not be used. + .. audit-event:: ctypes.create_string_buffer init,size ctypes.create_string_buffer .. function:: create_unicode_buffer(init_or_size, size=None) @@ -1860,6 +1882,7 @@ Utility functions allows specifying the size of the array if the length of the string should not be used. + .. audit-event:: ctypes.create_unicode_buffer init,size ctypes.create_unicode_buffer .. function:: DllCanUnloadNow() @@ -1917,11 +1940,15 @@ Utility functions Returns the current value of the ctypes-private copy of the system :data:`errno` variable in the calling thread. + .. audit-event:: ctypes.get_errno "" ctypes.get_errno + .. function:: get_last_error() Windows only: returns the current value of the ctypes-private copy of the system :data:`LastError` variable in the calling thread. + .. audit-event:: ctypes.get_last_error "" ctypes.get_last_error + .. function:: memmove(dst, src, count) Same as the standard C memmove library function: copies *count* bytes from @@ -1965,6 +1992,7 @@ Utility functions Set the current value of the ctypes-private copy of the system :data:`errno` variable in the calling thread to *value* and return the previous value. + .. audit-event:: ctypes.set_errno errno ctypes.set_errno .. function:: set_last_error(value) @@ -1973,6 +2001,7 @@ Utility functions :data:`LastError` variable in the calling thread to *value* and return the previous value. + .. audit-event:: ctypes.set_last_error error ctypes.set_last_error .. function:: sizeof(obj_or_type) @@ -1987,6 +2016,8 @@ Utility functions object. If size is specified, it is used as size, otherwise the string is assumed to be zero-terminated. + .. audit-event:: ctypes.string_at address,size ctypes.string_at + .. function:: WinError(code=None, descr=None) @@ -2007,6 +2038,8 @@ Utility functions characters of the string, otherwise the string is assumed to be zero-terminated. + .. audit-event:: ctypes.wstring_at address,size ctypes.wstring_at + .. _ctypes-data-types: @@ -2034,6 +2067,7 @@ Data types source buffer in bytes; the default is zero. If the source buffer is not large enough a :exc:`ValueError` is raised. + .. audit-event:: ctypes.cdata/buffer pointer,size,offset ctypes._CData.from_buffer .. method:: _CData.from_buffer_copy(source[, offset]) @@ -2043,6 +2077,8 @@ Data types is zero. If the source buffer is not large enough a :exc:`ValueError` is raised. + .. audit-event:: ctypes.cdata/buffer pointer,size,offset ctypes._CData.from_buffer_copy + .. method:: from_address(address) This method returns a ctypes type instance using the memory specified by |