linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 3/6] security/fbfam: Use the api to manage statistics

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Date:   Tue, 29 Sep 2020 19:47:12 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, John Wood <john.wood@....com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@...gle.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/6] security/fbfam: Use the api to manage
 statistics

On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 16:33:38 -0700
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:

> > @@ -1940,6 +1941,7 @@ static int bprm_execve(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
> >  	task_numa_free(current, false);
> >  	if (displaced)
> >  		put_files_struct(displaced);
> > +	fbfam_execve();  
> 
> As mentioned in the other emails, I think this could trivially be
> converted into an LSM: all the hooks are available AFAICT. If you only
> want to introspect execve _happening_, you can use bprm_creds_for_exec
> which is called a few lines above. Otherwise, my prior suggestion ("the
> exec has happened" hook via brpm_cred_committing, etc).

And if its information only, you could just register a callback to the
trace_sched_process_exec() tracepoint and do whatever you want then.

The tracepoints are available for anyone to attach to. Not just tracing.

-- Steve