[PATCH] audit: add arch field to seccomp event log

Richard Guy Briggs rgb at redhat.com
Tue Feb 18 20:50:44 UTC 2014


On 14/02/14, Eric Paris wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-02-14 at 15:52 -0500, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> > On 14/02/14, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> > > On 14/02/14, Eric Paris wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2014-02-14 at 15:23 -0500, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> > > > > The AUDIT_SECCOMP record looks something like this:
> > > > > 
> > > > > type=SECCOMP msg=audit(1373478171.953:32775): auid=4325 uid=4325 gid=4325 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0 pid=12381 comm="test" sig=31 syscall=231 compat=0 ip=0x39ea8bca89 code=0x0
> > > > > 
> > > > > In order to determine what syscall 231 maps to, we need to have the arch= field right before it.
> > > > > 
> > > > > To see the event, compile this test.c program:
> > > > > 
> > > > > =====
> > > > > int main(void)
> > > > > {
> > > > >         return seccomp_load(seccomp_init(SCMP_ACT_KILL));
> > > > > }
> > > > > =====
> > > > > 
> > > > > gcc -g test.c -o test -lseccomp
> > > > > 
> > > > > After running the program, find the record by:  ausearch --start recent -m SECCOMP -i
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  kernel/auditsc.c |    1 +
> > > > >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
> > > > > index 6874c1f..c464d44 100644
> > > > > --- a/kernel/auditsc.c
> > > > > +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
> > > > > @@ -2412,6 +2412,7 @@ void __audit_seccomp(unsigned long syscall, long signr, int code)
> > > > >  		return;
> > > > >  	audit_log_task(ab);
> > > > >  	audit_log_format(ab, " sig=%ld", signr);
> > > > > +	audit_log_format(ab, " arch=%x", current->audit_context->arch);
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > What happens if the task does not have current->audit_context allocated?
> > > > Seems possible if signr is non-zero...
> > > 
> > > I had assumed that since we got this far, that there was an audit
> > > context.  This was my first patch:
> > 
> > Sorry, pulled the trigger too fast:
> > 
> > ---
> >  kernel/auditsc.c |    6 ++++++
> >  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
> > index 6874c1f..3023d03 100644
> > --- a/kernel/auditsc.c
> > +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
> > @@ -2406,12 +2406,18 @@ void audit_core_dumps(long signr)
> >  void __audit_seccomp(unsigned long syscall, long signr, int code)
> >  {
> >         struct audit_buffer *ab;
> > +       struct audit_context *context audit_get_context(current, 0, 0);
> 
> missing '='   but this isn't what audit_get_context() does...   it's
> crappy naming...    I'd think a combo of audit_dummy_context() and
> current->audit_context would be most appropriate.

Ok.  I think I finally understand audit_dummy_context().  Thanks for the
hint.  However, it appears it is not useful in this sitation, since if
there is an audit_context, even a dummy context, it appears arch is
filled in.

diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2406,12 +2406,18 @@ void audit_core_dumps(long signr)
 void __audit_seccomp(unsigned long syscall, long signr, int code)
 {
 	struct audit_buffer *ab;
+	struct audit_context *context = current->audit_context;
 
 	ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_SECCOMP);
 	if (unlikely(!ab))
 		return;
 	audit_log_task(ab);
 	audit_log_format(ab, " sig=%ld", signr);
+	audit_log_format(ab, " arch=");
+	if (context)
+		audit_log_format(ab, "%x", context->arch);
+	else
+		audit_log_format(ab, "(null)");
 	audit_log_format(ab, " syscall=%ld", syscall);
 	audit_log_format(ab, " compat=%d", is_compat_task());
 	audit_log_format(ab, " ip=0x%lx", KSTK_EIP(current));

- RGB

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Richard Guy Briggs <rbriggs at redhat.com>
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