linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH ghak124 v3] audit: log nftables configuration change events

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Message-ID: <CAHC9VhT_dzkoOuoQF5-D9KFDiAUUjX2UJJbKPWAeXkf7fddKsA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 23 Jun 2020 20:34:55 -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>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, sgrubb@...hat.com,
        Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com>, fw@...len.de,
        twoerner@...hat.com, Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
        tgraf@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH ghak124 v3] audit: log nftables configuration change events

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 9:21 AM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> iptables, ip6tables, arptables and ebtables table registration,
> replacement and unregistration configuration events are logged for the
> native (legacy) iptables setsockopt api, but not for the
> nftables netlink api which is used by the nft-variant of iptables in
> addition to nftables itself.
>
> Add calls to log the configuration actions in the nftables netlink api.
>
> This uses the same NETFILTER_CFG record format but overloads the table
> field.
>
>   type=NETFILTER_CFG msg=audit(2020-05-28 17:46:41.878:162) : table=?:0;?:0 family=unspecified entries=2 op=nft_register_gen pid=396 subj=system_u:system_r:firewalld_t:s0 comm=firewalld
>   ...
>   type=NETFILTER_CFG msg=audit(2020-05-28 17:46:41.878:162) : table=firewalld:1;?:0 family=inet entries=0 op=nft_register_table pid=396 subj=system_u:system_r:firewalld_t:s0 comm=firewalld
>   ...
>   type=NETFILTER_CFG msg=audit(2020-05-28 17:46:41.911:163) : table=firewalld:1;filter_FORWARD:85 family=inet entries=8 op=nft_register_chain pid=396 subj=system_u:system_r:firewalld_t:s0 comm=firewalld
>   ...
>   type=NETFILTER_CFG msg=audit(2020-05-28 17:46:41.911:163) : table=firewalld:1;filter_FORWARD:85 family=inet entries=101 op=nft_register_rule pid=396 subj=system_u:system_r:firewalld_t:s0 comm=firewalld
>   ...
>   type=NETFILTER_CFG msg=audit(2020-05-28 17:46:41.911:163) : table=firewalld:1;__set0:87 family=inet entries=87 op=nft_register_setelem pid=396 subj=system_u:system_r:firewalld_t:s0 comm=firewalld
>   ...
>   type=NETFILTER_CFG msg=audit(2020-05-28 17:46:41.911:163) : table=firewalld:1;__set0:87 family=inet entries=0 op=nft_register_set pid=396 subj=system_u:system_r:firewalld_t:s0 comm=firewalld
>
> For further information please see issue
> https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/124
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
> ---
> Changelog:
> v3:
> - inline message type rather than table
>
> v2:
> - differentiate between xtables and nftables
> - add set, setelem, obj, flowtable, gen
> - use nentries field as appropriate per type
> - overload the "tables" field with table handle and chain/set/flowtable
>
>  include/linux/audit.h         |  18 ++++++++
>  kernel/auditsc.c              |  24 ++++++++--
>  net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 142 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

I'm not seeing any additional comments from the netfilter folks so
I've gone ahead and merged this into audit/next.  Thanks Richard.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com