All of lore.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
To: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
Cc: Linux-Audit Mailing List <linux-audit@redhat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, sgrubb@redhat.com,
	Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@redhat.com>,
	fw@strlen.de, twoerner@redhat.com,
	Eric Paris <eparis@parisplace.org>,
	tgraf@infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH ghak25 v6a] audit: add subj creds to NETFILTER_CFG record to cover async unregister
Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 18:24:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHC9VhT9MBseD87hOq-9FN7-fdKEPn5bcvUYiX3S3Nu4EJwiig@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6404938413ca29b0e0196dd74bacb9b0c1cb6f42.1589993784.git.rgb@redhat.com>

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 2:47 PM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Some table unregister actions seem to be initiated by the kernel to
> garbage collect unused tables that are not initiated by any userspace
> actions.  It was found to be necessary to add the subject credentials to
> cover this case to reveal the source of these actions.  A sample record:
>
> The uid, auid, tty, ses and exe fields have not been included since they
> are in the SYSCALL record and contain nothing useful in the non-user
> context.
>
> Here are two sample orphaned records:
>
>   type=NETFILTER_CFG msg=audit(2020-05-20 12:14:36.505:5) : table=filter family=ipv4 entries=0 op=register pid=1 subj=kernel comm=swapper/0
>
>   type=NETFILTER_CFG msg=audit(2020-05-20 12:15:27.701:301) : table=nat family=bridge entries=0 op=unregister pid=30 subj=system_u:system_r:kernel_t:s0 comm=kworker/u4:1
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>

Merged into audit/next, thanks Richard.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
To: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
Cc: fw@strlen.de, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux-Audit Mailing List <linux-audit@redhat.com>,
	netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, twoerner@redhat.com,
	Eric Paris <eparis@parisplace.org>,
	tgraf@infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH ghak25 v6a] audit: add subj creds to NETFILTER_CFG record to cover async unregister
Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 18:24:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHC9VhT9MBseD87hOq-9FN7-fdKEPn5bcvUYiX3S3Nu4EJwiig@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6404938413ca29b0e0196dd74bacb9b0c1cb6f42.1589993784.git.rgb@redhat.com>

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 2:47 PM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Some table unregister actions seem to be initiated by the kernel to
> garbage collect unused tables that are not initiated by any userspace
> actions.  It was found to be necessary to add the subject credentials to
> cover this case to reveal the source of these actions.  A sample record:
>
> The uid, auid, tty, ses and exe fields have not been included since they
> are in the SYSCALL record and contain nothing useful in the non-user
> context.
>
> Here are two sample orphaned records:
>
>   type=NETFILTER_CFG msg=audit(2020-05-20 12:14:36.505:5) : table=filter family=ipv4 entries=0 op=register pid=1 subj=kernel comm=swapper/0
>
>   type=NETFILTER_CFG msg=audit(2020-05-20 12:15:27.701:301) : table=nat family=bridge entries=0 op=unregister pid=30 subj=system_u:system_r:kernel_t:s0 comm=kworker/u4:1
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>

Merged into audit/next, thanks Richard.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com

--
Linux-audit mailing list
Linux-audit@redhat.com
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-audit


  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-20 22:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-20 18:47 [PATCH ghak25 v6a] audit: add subj creds to NETFILTER_CFG record to cover async unregister Richard Guy Briggs
2020-05-20 18:47 ` Richard Guy Briggs
2020-05-20 22:24 ` Paul Moore [this message]
2020-05-20 22:24   ` Paul Moore
2020-05-20 22:42   ` Richard Guy Briggs

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=CAHC9VhT9MBseD87hOq-9FN7-fdKEPn5bcvUYiX3S3Nu4EJwiig@mail.gmail.com \
    --to=paul@paul-moore.com \
    --cc=eparis@parisplace.org \
    --cc=fw@strlen.de \
    --cc=linux-audit@redhat.com \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=omosnace@redhat.com \
    --cc=rgb@redhat.com \
    --cc=sgrubb@redhat.com \
    --cc=tgraf@infradead.org \
    --cc=twoerner@redhat.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body. 
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.