Help setxattr,lsetxattr,fsetxattr,removexattr,lremovexattr

[Paul Moore]

On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 12:45 PM Alex Triantafillidis (DESIGN
LABORATORY INC) <v-alextri at microsoft.com> wrote:
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> Hello Audit,
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> I am trying to implement a set of rules related to “xattrs” on a MS CBL-Mariner 1.0.
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> I am following  this guide.
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> Record Events that Modify the System's Discretionary Access Controls   Group contains 13 rules
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> [ref]   At a minimum, the audit system should collect file permission changes for all users and root. Note that the "-F arch=b32" lines should be present even on a 64 bit system. These commands identify system calls for auditing. Even if the system is 64 bit it can still execute 32 bit system calls. Additionally, these rules can be configured in a number of ways while still achieving the desired effect. An example of this is that the "-S" calls could be split up and placed on separate lines, however, this is less efficient. Add the following to /etc/audit/audit.rules:
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> -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S chmod,fchmod,fchmodat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
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>     -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S chown,fchown,fchownat,lchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
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>     -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S setxattr,lsetxattr,fsetxattr,removexattr,lremovexattr,fremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
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> If your system is 64 bit then these lines should be duplicated and the arch=b32 replaced with arch=b64 as follows:
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> -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S chmod,fchmod,fchmodat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
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>     -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S chown,fchown,fchownat,lchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
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>     -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S setxattr,lsetxattr,fsetxattr,removexattr,lremovexattr,fremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=perm_mod
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> Thing is I get error to any of setxattr,lsetxattr,fsetxattr,removexattr,lremovexattr,fremovexattr.
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> bash: setxattr: command not found

Hi Alex,

Are you trying to execute the /etc/audit/audit.rules file directly
(like it was a bash script)?  I'm asking because the error you are
getting makes it look like bash is trying to execute a program named
"setxattr" which isn't going to work; the lines in audit.rules are
intended to be passed as command line arguments to auditctl.  Look at
the augenrules script (repo link below) and the auditctl '-R' option.

* https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-userspace/blob/master/init.d/augenrules

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