linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH ghak28 V8] audit: log audit netlink multicast bind and unbind events

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Message-ID: <CAHC9VhRtPKdWmnD7Sh-ZW8S1y9xsPsgWKGcvYQD86AT7JYP2gQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:56:35 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Cc:     Linux-Audit Mailing List <linux-audit@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, sgrubb@...hat.com,
        omosnace@...hat.com, Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ghak28 V8] audit: log audit netlink multicast bind and
 unbind events

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 5:37 PM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Log information about programs connecting to and disconnecting from the
> audit netlink multicast socket. This is needed so that during
> investigations a security officer can tell who or what had access to the
> audit trail.  This helps to meet the FAU_SAR.2 requirement for Common
> Criteria.
>
> Here is the systemd startup event:
> type=PROCTITLE msg=audit(2020-04-22 10:10:21.787:10) : proctitle=/init
> type=SYSCALL msg=audit(2020-04-22 10:10:21.787:10) : arch=x86_64 syscall=bind success=yes exit=0 a0=0x19 a1=0x555f4aac7e90 a2=0xc a3=0x7ffcb792ff44 items=0 ppid=0 pid=1 auid=unset uid=root gid=root euid=root suid=root fsuid=root egid=root sgid=root fsgid=root tty=(none) ses=unset comm=systemd exe=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd subj=kernel key=(null)
> type=UNKNOWN[1335] msg=audit(2020-04-22 10:10:21.787:10) : pid=1 uid=root auid=unset tty=(none) ses=unset subj=kernel comm=systemd exe=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd nl-mcgrp=1 op=connect res=yes
>
> And events from the test suite that just uses close():
> type=PROCTITLE msg=audit(2020-04-22 11:47:08.501:442) : proctitle=/usr/bin/perl -w amcast_joinpart/test
> type=SYSCALL msg=audit(2020-04-22 11:47:08.501:442) : arch=x86_64 syscall=bind success=yes exit=0 a0=0x7 a1=0x563004378760 a2=0xc a3=0x0 items=0 ppid=815 pid=818 auid=root uid=root gid=root euid=root suid=root fsuid=root egid=root sgid=root fsgid=root tty=ttyS0 ses=1 comm=perl exe=/usr/bin/perl subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)
> type=UNKNOWN[1335] msg=audit(2020-04-22 11:47:08.501:442) : pid=818 uid=root auid=root tty=ttyS0 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 comm=perl exe=/usr/bin/perl nl-mcgrp=1 op=connect res=yes
>
> type=UNKNOWN[1335] msg=audit(2020-04-22 11:47:08.501:443) : pid=818 uid=root auid=root tty=ttyS0 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 comm=perl exe=/usr/bin/perl nl-mcgrp=1 op=disconnect res=yes
>
> And the events from the test suite using setsockopt with NETLINK_DROP_MEMBERSHIP:
> type=PROCTITLE msg=audit(2020-04-22 11:39:53.291:439) : proctitle=/usr/bin/perl -w amcast_joinpart/test
> type=SYSCALL msg=audit(2020-04-22 11:39:53.291:439) : arch=x86_64 syscall=bind success=yes exit=0 a0=0x7 a1=0x5560877c2d20 a2=0xc a3=0x0 items=0 ppid=772 pid=775 auid=root uid=root gid=root euid=root suid=root fsuid=root egid=root sgid=root fsgid=root tty=ttyS0 ses=1 comm=perl exe=/usr/bin/perl subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)
> type=UNKNOWN[1335] msg=audit(2020-04-22 11:39:53.291:439) : pid=775 uid=root auid=root tty=ttyS0 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 comm=perl exe=/usr/bin/perl nl-mcgrp=1 op=connect res=yes
>
> type=PROCTITLE msg=audit(2020-04-22 11:39:53.292:440) : proctitle=/usr/bin/perl -w amcast_joinpart/test
> type=SYSCALL msg=audit(2020-04-22 11:39:53.292:440) : arch=x86_64 syscall=setsockopt success=yes exit=0 a0=0x7 a1=SOL_NETLINK a2=0x2 a3=0x7ffc8366f000 items=0 ppid=772 pid=775 auid=root uid=root gid=root euid=root suid=root fsuid=root egid=root sgid=root fsgid=root tty=ttyS0 ses=1 comm=perl exe=/usr/bin/perl subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)
> type=UNKNOWN[1335] msg=audit(2020-04-22 11:39:53.292:440) : pid=775 uid=root auid=root tty=ttyS0 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 comm=perl exe=/usr/bin/perl nl-mcgrp=1 op=disconnect res=yes
>
> Please see the upstream issue tracker at
>   https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/28
> With the feature description at
>   https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/wiki/RFE-Audit-Multicast-Socket-Join-Part
> The testsuite support is at
>   https://github.com/rgbriggs/audit-testsuite/compare/ghak28-mcast-part-join
>   https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-testsuite/pull/93
> And the userspace support patch is at
>   https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-userspace/pull/114
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>

Merged into audit/next.

I like when examples of the audit records are included in the commit
description, but in the future it might be a good idea to line wrap
those records between the fields when the records are excessively long
(I would further suggest a hanging indent to ease readability).

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com