[PATCH] Enable splitting the logs to both auditd and kernel simultaneously

Eric Paris eparis at parisplace.org
Fri May 24 18:48:35 UTC 2013


AGREED.  gmail + multiple patches is a PITA.

http://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit.git

audit-for-3.11  branch.

careful, it may rebase!

On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 2:35 PM, William Roberts
<bill.c.roberts at gmail.com> wrote:
> By any chance do you have a public branch somewhere I can pull these patches
> from. Gmail and patches is a pain..
>
> Bill
>
>
> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 10:29 AM, William Roberts <bill.c.roberts at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Ok I can port on top of your series. The KConfig default is really nice,
>> as it allows for an ignorant userspace. However, I could nix that if its a
>> show stopper.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Eric Paris <eparis at parisplace.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 2013-05-22 at 19:18 -0700, William Roberts wrote:
>>> > This need came about in Samsung's mobile products. Id like to see and
>>> > attempt to get this mainstreamed. Any feedback would be greatly
>>> > appreciated. Thanks.
>>>
>>> My first thought is that I just sent a patch to introduce a flexible
>>> on/off flipping of bits for audit system features.  Rather timely, so we
>>> don't have to keep introducing message types.  AUDIT_SET/AUDIT_GET
>>> certainly weren't well thought out in that way.  I'd like your thoughts
>>> on those patches  (really 1/7 does the heavy lifting  6/7 and 7/7 use
>>> it)
>>>
>>> I thinking porting on top of my series will result in your patch being
>>> about 10 lines.
>>>
>>> I also don't love the name.  This isn't about splitting logs, it's about
>>> also logging to kmsg.
>>>
>>> Do we need the Kconfig default?  I'd think we should be able to get this
>>> set early enough in userspace.  Any messages before auditd are going to
>>> go to kmsg.  I envision that we should be able to set features in the
>>> audit.rules so you should be able to turn this on before auditd starts
>>> and things would stop going to kmsg.
>>>
>>> But I don't see a problem with it.  If you port on top of this series
>>> I'm ok with queuing for 3.11
>>>
>>> > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 7:16 PM, William Roberts
>>> > <bill.c.roberts at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >         Allow the audit subsystem to send audit events to both the
>>> >         kernel
>>> >         message buffer and auditd at the same time.
>>> >
>>> >         Signed-off-by: William Roberts <w.roberts at sta.samsung.com>
>>> >         ---
>>> >          include/uapi/linux/audit.h | 11 ++++++++++
>>> >          init/Kconfig               |  8 +++++++
>>> >          kernel/audit.c             | 52
>>> >         ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>>> >          kernel/audit.h             |  6 ++++++
>>> >          4 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>> >
>>> >         diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
>>> >         b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
>>> >         index 75cef3f..0af5d78 100644
>>> >         --- a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
>>> >         +++ b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
>>> >         @@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
>>> >          #define AUDIT_MAKE_EQUIV       1015    /* Append to watched
>>> >         tree */
>>> >          #define AUDIT_TTY_GET          1016    /* Get TTY auditing
>>> >         status */
>>> >          #define AUDIT_TTY_SET          1017    /* Set TTY auditing
>>> >         status */
>>> >         +#define AUDIT_LOGSPLIT_GET      1018    /* Get logsplit
>>> >         status */
>>> >         +#define AUDIT_LOGSPLIT_SET      1019    /* Set logsplit
>>> >         status */
>>> >
>>> >          #define AUDIT_FIRST_USER_MSG   1100    /* Userspace messages
>>> >         mostly uninteresting to kernel */
>>> >          #define AUDIT_USER_AVC         1107    /* We filter this
>>> >         differently */
>>> >         @@ -321,6 +323,10 @@ enum {
>>> >          #define AUDIT_FAIL_PRINTK      1
>>> >          #define AUDIT_FAIL_PANIC       2
>>> >
>>> >         +/* Audit splitlog options */
>>> >         +#define AUDIT_LOGSPLIT_OFF     0
>>> >         +#define AUDIT_LOGSPLIT_ON      1
>>> >         +
>>> >          /* distinguish syscall tables */
>>> >          #define __AUDIT_ARCH_64BIT 0x80000000
>>> >          #define __AUDIT_ARCH_LE           0x40000000
>>> >         @@ -374,6 +380,11 @@ struct audit_tty_status {
>>> >                 __u32           log_passwd;     /* 1 = enabled, 0 =
>>> >         disabled */
>>> >          };
>>> >
>>> >         +struct audit_logsplit_status {
>>> >         +       __u32           enabled;        /* AUDIT_LOGSPLIT_ON
>>> >         or
>>> >         +
>>> >         AUDIT_LOGSPLIT_OFF */
>>> >         +};
>>> >         +
>>> >          /* audit_rule_data supports filter rules with both integer
>>> >         and string
>>> >           * fields.  It corresponds with AUDIT_ADD_RULE,
>>> >         AUDIT_DEL_RULE and
>>> >           * AUDIT_LIST_RULES requests.
>>> >         diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
>>> >         index 9d3a788..52efca6 100644
>>> >         --- a/init/Kconfig
>>> >         +++ b/init/Kconfig
>>> >         @@ -286,6 +286,14 @@ config AUDIT_LOGINUID_IMMUTABLE
>>> >                   one to drop potentially dangerous capabilites from
>>> >         the login tasks,
>>> >                   but may not be backwards compatible with older init
>>> >         systems.
>>> >
>>> >         +config AUDIT_SPLITLOG
>>> >         +       bool "Split audit messages to userspace and kernel by
>>> >         default"
>>> >         +       depends on AUDIT
>>> >         +       help
>>> >         +         Setting this to true will cause the audit messages
>>> >         to be split
>>> >         +         by default to both the kernel message log and a
>>> >         userspace audit
>>> >         +         daemon if registered.
>>> >         +
>>> >          source "kernel/irq/Kconfig"
>>> >          source "kernel/time/Kconfig"
>>> >
>>> >         diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
>>> >         index 21c7fa6..ccd2f60 100644
>>> >         --- a/kernel/audit.c
>>> >         +++ b/kernel/audit.c
>>> >         @@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ static int    audit_default;
>>> >          /* If auditing cannot proceed, audit_failure selects what
>>> >         happens. */
>>> >          static int     audit_failure = AUDIT_FAIL_PRINTK;
>>> >
>>> >         +/* Whether or not logsplit is enabled */
>>> >         +static int audit_logsplit = AUDIT_SPLITLOG_INIT;
>>> >         +
>>> >          /*
>>> >           * If audit records are to be written to the netlink socket,
>>> >         audit_pid
>>> >           * contains the pid of the auditd process and
>>> >         audit_nlk_portid contains
>>> >         @@ -343,6 +346,17 @@ static int audit_set_failure(int state)
>>> >                 return audit_do_config_change("audit_failure",
>>> >         &audit_failure, state);
>>> >          }
>>> >
>>> >         +static int audit_set_logsplit(int state)
>>> >         +{
>>> >         +       if (state != AUDIT_LOGSPLIT_OFF
>>> >         +               && state != AUDIT_LOGSPLIT_ON)
>>> >         +               return -EINVAL;
>>> >         +
>>> >         +       return audit_do_config_change("audit_logsplit",
>>> >         &audit_logsplit, state);
>>> >         +}
>>> >         +
>>> >         +
>>> >         +
>>> >          /*
>>> >           * Queue skbs to be sent to auditd when/if it comes back.
>>> >          These skbs should
>>> >           * already have been sent via prink/syslog and so if these
>>> >         messages are dropped
>>> >         @@ -361,11 +375,8 @@ static void audit_hold_skb(struct sk_buff
>>> >         *skb)
>>> >                         kfree_skb(skb);
>>> >          }
>>> >
>>> >         -/*
>>> >         - * For one reason or another this nlh isn't getting delivered
>>> >         to the userspace
>>> >         - * audit daemon, just send it to printk.
>>> >         - */
>>> >         -static void audit_printk_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
>>> >         +/* Just printks the skb, no audit_hold or free of any kind */
>>> >         +static void __audit_printk_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
>>> >          {
>>> >                 struct nlmsghdr *nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
>>> >                 char *data = nlmsg_data(nlh);
>>> >         @@ -376,7 +387,14 @@ static void audit_printk_skb(struct
>>> >         sk_buff *skb)
>>> >                         else
>>> >                                 audit_log_lost("printk limit exceeded
>>> >         \n");
>>> >                 }
>>> >         -
>>> >         +}
>>> >         +/*
>>> >         + * For one reason or another this nlh isn't getting delivered
>>> >         to the userspace
>>> >         + * audit daemon, just send it to printk.
>>> >         + */
>>> >         +static void audit_printk_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
>>> >         +{
>>> >         +       __audit_printk_skb(skb);
>>> >                 audit_hold_skb(skb);
>>> >          }
>>> >
>>> >         @@ -590,6 +608,8 @@ static int audit_netlink_ok(struct sk_buff
>>> >         *skb, u16 msg_type)
>>> >                 case AUDIT_SIGNAL_INFO:
>>> >                 case AUDIT_TTY_GET:
>>> >                 case AUDIT_TTY_SET:
>>> >         +       case AUDIT_LOGSPLIT_GET:
>>> >         +       case AUDIT_LOGSPLIT_SET:
>>> >                 case AUDIT_TRIM:
>>> >                 case AUDIT_MAKE_EQUIV:
>>> >                         if (!capable(CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL))
>>> >         @@ -843,7 +863,24 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct
>>> >         sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
>>> >                         spin_unlock(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
>>> >                         break;
>>> >                 }
>>> >         +       case AUDIT_LOGSPLIT_GET: {
>>> >         +               struct audit_logsplit_status s;
>>> >         +               s.enabled = audit_logsplit;
>>> >         +               audit_send_reply(NETLINK_CB(skb).portid, seq,
>>> >         +                       AUDIT_LOGSPLIT_GET, 0, 0, &s,
>>> >         sizeof(s));
>>> >         +               break;
>>> >         +       }
>>> >         +       case AUDIT_LOGSPLIT_SET: {
>>> >         +               struct audit_logsplit_status *s;
>>> >         +               if (nlh->nlmsg_len < sizeof(struct
>>> >         audit_logsplit_status))
>>> >         +                       return -EINVAL;
>>> >         +               s = data;
>>> >         +               err = audit_set_logsplit(s->enabled);
>>> >         +               break;
>>> >         +       }
>>> >         +
>>> >                 default:
>>> >         +               printk(KERN_ERR "Unkown audit command");
>>> >                         err = -EINVAL;
>>> >                         break;
>>> >                 }
>>> >         @@ -1670,6 +1707,9 @@ void audit_log_end(struct audit_buffer
>>> >         *ab)
>>> >                         nlh->nlmsg_len = ab->skb->len - NLMSG_HDRLEN;
>>> >
>>> >                         if (audit_pid) {
>>> >         +                       if (audit_logsplit ==
>>> >         AUDIT_LOGSPLIT_ON)
>>> >         +                                __audit_printk_skb(ab->skb);
>>> >         +
>>> >                                 skb_queue_tail(&audit_skb_queue,
>>> >         ab->skb);
>>> >                                 wake_up_interruptible(&kauditd_wait);
>>> >                         } else {
>>> >         diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
>>> >         index 1c95131..ef43bb1 100644
>>> >         --- a/kernel/audit.h
>>> >         +++ b/kernel/audit.h
>>> >         @@ -321,4 +321,10 @@ extern struct list_head
>>> >         *audit_killed_trees(void);
>>> >          #define audit_filter_inodes(t,c) AUDIT_DISABLED
>>> >          #endif
>>> >
>>> >         +#ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT_SPLITLOG
>>> >         +#define AUDIT_SPLITLOG_INIT AUDIT_LOGSPLIT_ON
>>> >         +#else
>>> >         +#define AUDIT_SPLITLOG_INIT AUDIT_LOGSPLIT_OFF
>>> >         +#endif
>>> >         +
>>> >          extern struct mutex audit_cmd_mutex;
>>> >         --
>>> >         1.8.2.2
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Respectfully,
>>> >
>>> > William C Roberts
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
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>>> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-audit
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Respectfully,
>>
>> William C Roberts
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Respectfully,
>
> William C Roberts
>




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