[PATCH] audit: allow not equal op for audit by executable

Richard Guy Briggs rgb at redhat.com
Fri Apr 6 16:40:50 UTC 2018


On 2018-04-06 11:19, Steve Grubb wrote:
> On Friday, April 6, 2018 10:45:37 AM EDT Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> > On 2018-04-06 10:32, Steve Grubb wrote:
> > > On Friday, April 6, 2018 4:43:00 AM EDT Ondrej Mosnacek wrote:
> > > > Current implementation of auditing by executable name only implements
> > > > the 'equal' operator. This patch extends it to also support the 'not
> > > > equal' operator.
> > > > 
> > > > See: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/53
> > > 
> > > What would an audit rule that uses this new capability look like?
> > 
> > auditctl -a exit,always ... -F exe!=/path/to/exec
> 
> Does this mean, audit the syscall for any application except the one 
> mentioned? If so, how does this compare to
> 
> auditctl -a exit,never ... -F exe=/path/to/exec
> auditctl -a exit,always ...

Two rules instead of one?

>  -Steve
> 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace at redhat.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Paul,
> > > > 
> > > > this turned out to be easier than I anticipated so I'm sending the
> > > > patch
> > > > already :) I hope I got everything right. Note that the userspace tools
> > > > also need to be updated to check the feature bit and allow/disallow the
> > > > operator based on that.
> > > > 
> > > > Ondrej
> > > > 
> > > >  include/uapi/linux/audit.h | 18 ++++++++++--------
> > > >  kernel/auditfilter.c       |  2 +-
> > > >  kernel/auditsc.c           |  2 ++
> > > >  3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
> > > > index 4e61a9e05132..03393f7e8932 100644
> > > > --- a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
> > > > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
> > > > @@ -333,13 +333,14 @@ enum {
> > > > 
> > > >  #define AUDIT_STATUS_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME	0x0020
> > > >  #define AUDIT_STATUS_LOST		0x0040
> > > > 
> > > > -#define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_BACKLOG_LIMIT	0x00000001
> > > > -#define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME	0x00000002
> > > > -#define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_EXECUTABLE_PATH	0x00000004
> > > > -#define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_EXCLUDE_EXTEND	0x00000008
> > > > -#define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_SESSIONID_FILTER	0x00000010
> > > > -#define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_LOST_RESET		0x00000020
> > > > -#define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_FILTER_FS		0x00000040
> > > > +#define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_BACKLOG_LIMIT		0x00000001
> > > > +#define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME		0x00000002
> > > > +#define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_EXECUTABLE_PATH		0x00000004
> > > > +#define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_EXCLUDE_EXTEND		0x00000008
> > > > +#define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_SESSIONID_FILTER		0x00000010
> > > > +#define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_LOST_RESET			0x00000020
> > > > +#define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_FILTER_FS			0x00000040
> > > > +#define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_EXECUTABLE_PATH_NEQ	0x00000080
> > > > 
> > > >  #define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_ALL (AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_BACKLOG_LIMIT |
> > > >  \
> > > >  
> > > >  				  AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME | \
> > > > 
> > > > @@ -347,7 +348,8 @@ enum {
> > > > 
> > > >  				  AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_EXCLUDE_EXTEND | \
> > > >  				  AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_SESSIONID_FILTER | \
> > > >  				  AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_LOST_RESET | \
> > > > 
> > > > -				  AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_FILTER_FS)
> > > > +				  AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_FILTER_FS | \
> > > > +				  AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_EXECUTABLE_PATH_NEQ)
> > > > 
> > > >  /* deprecated: AUDIT_VERSION_* */
> > > >  #define AUDIT_VERSION_LATEST 		AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_ALL
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
> > > > index d7a807e81451..a0c5a3ec6e60 100644
> > > > --- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
> > > > +++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
> > > > @@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ static int audit_field_valid(struct audit_entry
> > > > *entry, struct audit_field *f) return -EINVAL;
> > > > 
> > > >  		break;
> > > >  	
> > > >  	case AUDIT_EXE:
> > > > -		if (f->op != Audit_equal)
> > > > +		if (f->op != Audit_not_equal && f->op != Audit_equal)
> > > > 
> > > >  			return -EINVAL;
> > > >  		
> > > >  		if (entry->rule.listnr != AUDIT_FILTER_EXIT)
> > > >  		
> > > >  			return -EINVAL;
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
> > > > index 4e0a4ac803db..479c031ec54c 100644
> > > > --- a/kernel/auditsc.c
> > > > +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
> > > > @@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ static int audit_filter_rules(struct task_struct
> > > > *tsk,
> > > > 
> > > >  			break;
> > > >  		
> > > >  		case AUDIT_EXE:
> > > >  			result = audit_exe_compare(tsk, rule->exe);
> > > > 
> > > > +			if (f->op == Audit_not_equal)
> > > > +				result = !result;
> > > > 
> > > >  			break;
> > > >  		
> > > >  		case AUDIT_UID:
> > > >  			result = audit_uid_comparator(cred->uid, f->op, f->uid);
> > 
> > - RGB
> > 
> > --
> > Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at redhat.com>
> > Sr. S/W Engineer, Kernel Security, Base Operating Systems
> > Remote, Ottawa, Red Hat Canada
> > IRC: rgb, SunRaycer
> > Voice: +1.647.777.2635, Internal: (81) 32635
> 
> 
> 
> 

- RGB

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Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at redhat.com>
Sr. S/W Engineer, Kernel Security, Base Operating Systems
Remote, Ottawa, Red Hat Canada
IRC: rgb, SunRaycer
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