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* [PATCH 0/2] audit: add documentation for /proc/PID/stable interfaces
@ 2021-03-11 16:40 Richard Guy Briggs
  2021-03-11 16:40 ` [PATCH 1/2] audit: document /proc/PID/loginuid Richard Guy Briggs
  2021-03-11 16:40 ` [PATCH 2/2] audit: document /proc/PID/sessionid Richard Guy Briggs
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Richard Guy Briggs @ 2021-03-11 16:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Linux-Audit Mailing List, LKML; +Cc: Eric Paris, Paul Moore, Richard Guy Briggs

Add Documentation/ABI entries for audit interfaces in /proc/PID/ that have
been stable for more than a decade.

Richard Guy Briggs (2):
  audit: document /proc/PID/loginuid
  audit: document /proc/PID/sessionid

 .../ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid          | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid

-- 
2.27.0


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* [PATCH 1/2] audit: document /proc/PID/loginuid
  2021-03-11 16:40 [PATCH 0/2] audit: add documentation for /proc/PID/stable interfaces Richard Guy Briggs
@ 2021-03-11 16:40 ` Richard Guy Briggs
  2021-03-12 19:15   ` Paul Moore
  2021-03-11 16:40 ` [PATCH 2/2] audit: document /proc/PID/sessionid Richard Guy Briggs
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Richard Guy Briggs @ 2021-03-11 16:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Linux-Audit Mailing List, LKML; +Cc: Eric Paris, Paul Moore, Richard Guy Briggs

Describe the /proc/PID/loginuid interface in Documentation/ABI/stable that
was added 2005-02-01 by commit 1e2d1492e178 ("[PATCH] audit: handle
loginuid through proc")

Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
---
 Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid b/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
new file mode 100664
index 000000000000..fae63bef2970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+What:		Audit Login UID
+Date:		2005-02-01
+KernelVersion:	2.6.11-rc2 1e2d1492e178 ("[PATCH] audit: handle loginuid through proc")
+Contact:	linux-audit@redhat.com
+Format:		u32
+Users:		auditd, libaudit, audit-testsuite, login
+Description:
+		The /proc/$pid/loginuid pseudofile is written to set and
+		read to get the audit login UID of process $pid.  If it is
+		unset, permissions are not needed to set it.  The accessor must
+		have CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL in the initial user namespace to write
+		it if it has been set.  It cannot be written again if
+		AUDIT_FEATURE_LOGINUID_IMMUTABLE is enabled.  It cannot be
+		unset if AUDIT_FEATURE_ONLY_UNSET_LOGINUID is enabled.
+
-- 
2.27.0


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* [PATCH 2/2] audit: document /proc/PID/sessionid
  2021-03-11 16:40 [PATCH 0/2] audit: add documentation for /proc/PID/stable interfaces Richard Guy Briggs
  2021-03-11 16:40 ` [PATCH 1/2] audit: document /proc/PID/loginuid Richard Guy Briggs
@ 2021-03-11 16:40 ` Richard Guy Briggs
  2021-03-12 19:17   ` Paul Moore
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Richard Guy Briggs @ 2021-03-11 16:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Linux-Audit Mailing List, LKML; +Cc: Eric Paris, Paul Moore, Richard Guy Briggs

Describe the /proc/PID/loginuid interface in Documentation/ABI/stable that
was added 2008-03-13 in commit 1e0bd7550ea9 ("[PATCH] export sessionid
alongside the loginuid in procfs")

Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
---
 Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid b/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
index fae63bef2970..175ee6ec3695 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
@@ -13,3 +13,15 @@ Description:
 		AUDIT_FEATURE_LOGINUID_IMMUTABLE is enabled.  It cannot be
 		unset if AUDIT_FEATURE_ONLY_UNSET_LOGINUID is enabled.
 
+
+What:		Audit Login Session ID
+Date:		2008-03-13
+KernelVersion:	2.6.25-rc7 1e0bd7550ea9 ("[PATCH] export sessionid alongside the loginuid in procfs")
+Contact:	linux-audit@redhat.com
+Format:		u32
+Users:		auditd, libaudit, audit-testsuite, login
+Description:
+		The /proc/$pid/sessionid pseudofile is read to get the
+		audit login session ID of process $pid.  It is set
+		automatically, serially assigned with each new login.
+
-- 
2.27.0


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* Re: [PATCH 1/2] audit: document /proc/PID/loginuid
  2021-03-11 16:40 ` [PATCH 1/2] audit: document /proc/PID/loginuid Richard Guy Briggs
@ 2021-03-12 19:15   ` Paul Moore
  2021-03-17 15:58     ` Richard Guy Briggs
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Paul Moore @ 2021-03-12 19:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Richard Guy Briggs; +Cc: Linux-Audit Mailing List, LKML, Eric Paris

On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 11:41 AM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com> wrote:
> Describe the /proc/PID/loginuid interface in Documentation/ABI/stable that
> was added 2005-02-01 by commit 1e2d1492e178 ("[PATCH] audit: handle
> loginuid through proc")
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid

After ~15 years, it might be time ;)

> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid b/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
> new file mode 100664
> index 000000000000..fae63bef2970
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
> @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
> +What:          Audit Login UID
> +Date:          2005-02-01
> +KernelVersion: 2.6.11-rc2 1e2d1492e178 ("[PATCH] audit: handle loginuid through proc")
> +Contact:       linux-audit@redhat.com
> +Format:                u32

I haven't applied the patch, but I'm going to assume that the "u32"
lines up correctly with the rest of the entries, right?

> +Users:         auditd, libaudit, audit-testsuite, login

I think these entries are a bit too specific as I expect the kernel to
outlive most userspace libraries and applications.  I would suggest
"audit and login applications" or something similar.

> +Description:
> +               The /proc/$pid/loginuid pseudofile is written to set and

I'm really in no position to critique someone's English grammar, but
if we're talking about changes I might add a comma after "set", "...
is written to set, and read to get ...".

> +               read to get the audit login UID of process $pid.  If it is
> +               unset, permissions are not needed to set it.  The accessor must
> +               have CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL in the initial user namespace to write
> +               it if it has been set.  It cannot be written again if
> +               AUDIT_FEATURE_LOGINUID_IMMUTABLE is enabled.  It cannot be
> +               unset if AUDIT_FEATURE_ONLY_UNSET_LOGINUID is enabled.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com

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* Re: [PATCH 2/2] audit: document /proc/PID/sessionid
  2021-03-11 16:40 ` [PATCH 2/2] audit: document /proc/PID/sessionid Richard Guy Briggs
@ 2021-03-12 19:17   ` Paul Moore
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Paul Moore @ 2021-03-12 19:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Richard Guy Briggs; +Cc: Linux-Audit Mailing List, LKML, Eric Paris

On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 11:41 AM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Describe the /proc/PID/loginuid interface in Documentation/ABI/stable that
> was added 2008-03-13 in commit 1e0bd7550ea9 ("[PATCH] export sessionid
> alongside the loginuid in procfs")
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid b/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
> index fae63bef2970..175ee6ec3695 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
> @@ -13,3 +13,15 @@ Description:
>                 AUDIT_FEATURE_LOGINUID_IMMUTABLE is enabled.  It cannot be
>                 unset if AUDIT_FEATURE_ONLY_UNSET_LOGINUID is enabled.
>
> +
> +What:          Audit Login Session ID
> +Date:          2008-03-13
> +KernelVersion: 2.6.25-rc7 1e0bd7550ea9 ("[PATCH] export sessionid alongside the loginuid in procfs")
> +Contact:       linux-audit@redhat.com
> +Format:                u32
> +Users:         auditd, libaudit, audit-testsuite, login

This should be obvious, but just to be safe - my comment from patch
1/2 also applies here.

> +Description:
> +               The /proc/$pid/sessionid pseudofile is read to get the
> +               audit login session ID of process $pid.  It is set
> +               automatically, serially assigned with each new login.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com

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* Re: [PATCH 1/2] audit: document /proc/PID/loginuid
  2021-03-12 19:15   ` Paul Moore
@ 2021-03-17 15:58     ` Richard Guy Briggs
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Richard Guy Briggs @ 2021-03-17 15:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Paul Moore; +Cc: Linux-Audit Mailing List, LKML, Eric Paris

On 2021-03-12 14:15, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 11:41 AM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Describe the /proc/PID/loginuid interface in Documentation/ABI/stable that
> > was added 2005-02-01 by commit 1e2d1492e178 ("[PATCH] audit: handle
> > loginuid through proc")
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid | 15 +++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
> 
> After ~15 years, it might be time ;)
> 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid b/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
> > new file mode 100664
> > index 000000000000..fae63bef2970
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
> > @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
> > +What:          Audit Login UID
> > +Date:          2005-02-01
> > +KernelVersion: 2.6.11-rc2 1e2d1492e178 ("[PATCH] audit: handle loginuid through proc")
> > +Contact:       linux-audit@redhat.com
> > +Format:                u32
> 
> I haven't applied the patch, but I'm going to assume that the "u32"
> lines up correctly with the rest of the entries, right?

Yes, they do.  I'm wondering if they should read instead "%u" since the
internal kernel representation isn't as important as what format (number
base) is expected and presented.

> > +Users:         auditd, libaudit, audit-testsuite, login
> 
> I think these entries are a bit too specific as I expect the kernel to
> outlive most userspace libraries and applications.  I would suggest
> "audit and login applications" or something similar.

In other examples, users range from a description to an email address,
to a URI, to a repository name or address, to a package name, to
specific files.  I'd prefer to be as specific as reasonably possible
without going into gory detail.

> > +Description:
> > +               The /proc/$pid/loginuid pseudofile is written to set and
> 
> I'm really in no position to critique someone's English grammar, but
> if we're talking about changes I might add a comma after "set", "...
> is written to set, and read to get ...".

This would be the Oxford comma debate, and has a sronger preference by
USA-ians that Brits.  It can help disambiguate meaning in a list of
three or more items.

> > +               read to get the audit login UID of process $pid.  If it is
> > +               unset, permissions are not needed to set it.  The accessor must
> > +               have CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL in the initial user namespace to write
> > +               it if it has been set.  It cannot be written again if
> > +               AUDIT_FEATURE_LOGINUID_IMMUTABLE is enabled.  It cannot be
> > +               unset if AUDIT_FEATURE_ONLY_UNSET_LOGINUID is enabled.
> 
> paul moore

- RGB

--
Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
Sr. S/W Engineer, Kernel Security, Base Operating Systems
Remote, Ottawa, Red Hat Canada
IRC: rgb, SunRaycer
Voice: +1.647.777.2635, Internal: (81) 32635


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