linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] seccomp: Audit attempts to modify the actions

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Date:   Thu, 3 May 2018 16:18:26 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com>
Cc:     Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...onical.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>, Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-audit@...hat.com,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] seccomp: Audit attempts to modify the
 actions_logged sysctl

On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 2:18 PM, Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 2, 2018 11:53:19 AM EDT Tyler Hicks wrote:
>> The decision to log a seccomp action will always be subject to the
>> value of the kernel.seccomp.actions_logged sysctl, even for processes
>> that are being inspected via the audit subsystem, in an upcoming patch.
>> Therefore, we need to emit an audit record on attempts at writing to the
>> actions_logged sysctl when auditing is enabled.
>>
>> This patch updates the write handler for the actions_logged sysctl to
>> emit an audit record on attempts to write to the sysctl. Successful
>> writes to the sysctl will result in a record that includes a normalized
>> list of logged actions in the "actions" field and a "res" field equal to
>> 0. Unsuccessful writes to the sysctl will result in a record that
>> doesn't include the "actions" field and has a "res" field equal to 1.
>>
>> Not all unsuccessful writes to the sysctl are audited. For example, an
>> audit record will not be emitted if an unprivileged process attempts to
>> open the sysctl file for reading since that access control check is not
>> part of the sysctl's write handler.
>>
>> Below are some example audit records when writing various strings to the
>> actions_logged sysctl.
>>
>> Writing "not-a-real-action", when the kernel.seccomp.actions_logged
>> sysctl previously was "kill_process kill_thread trap errno trace log",
>> emits this audit record:
>>
>>  type=CONFIG_CHANGE msg=audit(1525275273.537:130): op=seccomp-logging
>>  old-actions=kill_process,kill_thread,trap,errno,trace,log res=0
>>
>> If you then write "kill_process kill_thread errno trace log", this audit
>> record is emitted:
>>
>>  type=CONFIG_CHANGE msg=audit(1525275310.208:136): op=seccomp-logging
>>  actions=kill_process,kill_thread,errno,trace,log
>>  old-actions=kill_process,kill_thread,trap,errno,trace,log res=1
>>
>> If you then write the string "log log errno trace kill_process
>> kill_thread", which is unordered and contains the log action twice,
>> it results in the same actions value as the previous record:
>>
>>  type=CONFIG_CHANGE msg=audit(1525275325.613:142): op=seccomp-logging
>>  actions=kill_process,kill_thread,errno,trace,log
>>  old-actions=kill_process,kill_thread,errno,trace,log res=1
>>
>> No audit records are generated when reading the actions_logged sysctl.
>
> ACK for the format of the records.

I just wanted to clarify the record format with you Steve ... the
"actions" and "old-actions" fields may not be included in the record
in cases where there is an error building the action value string, are
you okay with that or would you prefer the fields to always be
included but with a "?" for the value?

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com