linux-kernel - [PATCH] audit: always report seccomp violations

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Date:	Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:32:13 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH] audit: always report seccomp violations

When a program violates its own seccomp rules, that is a pretty dire
situation, and the audit message should always be reported (not just
when there is already a rule active for the process).

This change makes the audit_seccomp() logic similar to audit_core_dumps()
(it does not require an active context). Since core dumps are more
common, they sit behind an "audit_enabled" test. Audit reports of seccomp
failures should always be visible, and fall back to printk when auditd
is not running.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 include/linux/audit.h |    8 +-------
 kernel/auditsc.c      |   11 +++++++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index ed3ef19..596077f 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ extern void audit_putname(const char *name);
 extern void __audit_inode(const char *name, const struct dentry *dentry);
 extern void __audit_inode_child(const struct dentry *dentry,
 				const struct inode *parent);
-extern void __audit_seccomp(unsigned long syscall);
+extern void audit_seccomp(unsigned long syscall);
 extern void __audit_ptrace(struct task_struct *t);
 
 static inline int audit_dummy_context(void)
@@ -508,12 +508,6 @@ static inline void audit_inode_child(const struct dentry *dentry,
 }
 void audit_core_dumps(long signr);
 
-static inline void audit_seccomp(unsigned long syscall)
-{
-	if (unlikely(!audit_dummy_context()))
-		__audit_seccomp(syscall);
-}
-
 static inline void audit_ptrace(struct task_struct *t)
 {
 	if (unlikely(!audit_dummy_context()))
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index af1de0f..a5caecd 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2693,7 +2693,7 @@ static void audit_log_abend(struct audit_buffer *ab, char *reason, long signr)
  * @signr: signal value
  *
  * If a process ends with a core dump, something fishy is going on and we
- * should record the event for investigation.
+ * should record the event for investigation, if auditing is enabled.
  */
 void audit_core_dumps(long signr)
 {
@@ -2710,7 +2710,14 @@ void audit_core_dumps(long signr)
 	audit_log_end(ab);
 }
 
-void __audit_seccomp(unsigned long syscall)
+/**
+ * audit_seccomp - record information about processes that violate seccomp
+ * @syscall: syscall number that triggered the seccomp violation
+ *
+ * If a process violates its own seccomp rules, something has gone very
+ * wrong, and this event should always be reported for investigation.
+ */
+void audit_seccomp(unsigned long syscall)
 {
 	struct audit_buffer *ab;
 
-- 
1.7.0.4

-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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