audit 1.7.4 released

LC Bruzenak lenny at magitekltd.com
Tue May 27 16:09:36 UTC 2008


On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 11:59 -0400, Eric Paris wrote:
...
> > ----
> > type=SOCKADDR msg=audit(05/27/2008 10:30:22.163:13193) : saddr=inet
> > host:0.0.0.0 serv:711 
> > type=SYSCALL msg=audit(05/27/2008 10:30:22.163:13193) : arch=x86_64
> > syscall=bind success=yes exit=0 a0=5 a1=7fff63dbb220 a2=10 a3=89ea70
> > items=0 ppid=1 pid=2647 auid=unset uid=root gid=root euid=root suid=root
> > fsuid=root egid=root sgid=root fsgid=root tty=(none) ses=4294967295
> > comm=rpc.rquotad exe=/usr/sbin/rpc.rquotad
> > subj=system_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023 key=(null) 
> > type=AVC msg=audit(05/27/2008 10:30:22.163:13193) : avc:  denied
> > { name_bind } for  pid=2647 comm=rpc.rquotad src=711
> > scontext=system_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023
> > tcontext=system_u:object_r:hi_reserved_port_t:s0 tclass=udp_socket 
> > 
> > Is the host "0.0.0.0" field here a bug?
> 
> Isn't this telling up that they are calling bind on any interface not a
> specific address?
> 
> the const struct sockaddr *addr part of the bind(2) call is IN_ADDRANY
> what whatever the semantics are...
> 
> -Eric
> 

I understand; thanks.
Semantically this is probably the intended use of the "host" field.

When audit data is examined on one host this isn't a problem. But when
aggregated with other host audit data, this record as standalone is
indistinguishable from a similar one on a different host ... unless I'm
missing something in the above record.

Or if we separate the aggregated data by filename/whatever which the
search tools can use to differentiate audit hosts.

Thx,
LCB.

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LC (Lenny) Bruzenak
lenny at magitekltd.com




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