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Steve Grubb

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PATCH 1/1 audit config lockdown

Hi,

The following patch adds a new mode to the audit system. It uses the audit_enabled config option to introduce the idea of audit enabled, but configuration is immutable. Any attempt to change the configuration while in this mode is audited. To change the audit rules, you'd need to reboot the machine.

To use this option, you'd need a modified version of auditctl and use "-e 2". This is intended to go at the end of the audit.rules file for people that want an immutable configuration.

This patch also adds "res=" to a number of configuration commands that did not have it before.

Signed-off-by Steve Grubb <[email protected]>
kernel/audit.c +157 -59
diff -urp linux-2.6.18.x86_64.orig/kernel/audit.c linux-2.6.18.x86_64/kernel/audit.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Gateway between the kernel (e.g., selinux) and the user-space audit daemon.
  * System-call specific features have moved to auditsc.c
  *
- * Copyright 2003-2004 Red Hat Inc., Durham, North Carolina.
+ * Copyright 2003-2007 Red Hat Inc., Durham, North Carolina.
  * All Rights Reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@
  * (Initialization happens after skb_init is called.) */
 static int	audit_initialized;
 
-/* No syscall auditing will take place unless audit_enabled != 0. */
+/* 0 - no auditing
+ * 1 - auditing enabled
+ * 2 - auditing enabled and configuration is locked/unchangeable. */
 int		audit_enabled;
 
 /* Default state when kernel boots without any parameters. */

@@ -238,102 +240,150 @@ void audit_log_lost(const char *message)
 
 static int audit_set_rate_limit(int limit, uid_t loginuid, u32 sid)
 {
-	int old	= audit_rate_limit;
+	int res, rc = 0, old = audit_rate_limit;
+
+	/* check if we are locked */
+	if (audit_enabled == 2)
+		res = 0;
+	else
+		res = 1;
 
 	if (sid) {
 		char *ctx = NULL;
 		u32 len;
-		int rc;
-		if ((rc = selinux_ctxid_to_string(sid, &ctx, &len)))
-			return rc;
-		else
+		if ((rc = selinux_ctxid_to_string(sid, &ctx, &len)) == 0) {
 			audit_log(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE,
-				"audit_rate_limit=%d old=%d by auid=%u subj=%s",
-				limit, old, loginuid, ctx);
-		kfree(ctx);
-	} else
-		audit_log(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE,
-			"audit_rate_limit=%d old=%d by auid=%u",
-			limit, old, loginuid);
-	audit_rate_limit = limit;
-	return 0;
+				"audit_rate_limit=%d old=%d by auid=%u"
+				" subj=%s res=%d",
+				limit, old, loginuid, ctx, res);
+			kfree(ctx);
+		} else
+			res = 0; /* Something weird, deny request */
+	}
+	audit_log(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE,
+		"audit_rate_limit=%d old=%d by auid=%u res=%d",
+		limit, old, loginuid, res);
+
+	/* If we are allowed, make the change */
+	if (res == 1)
+		audit_rate_limit = limit;
+	/* Not allowed, update reason */
+	else if (rc == 0)
+		rc = -EPERM;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static int audit_set_backlog_limit(int limit, uid_t loginuid, u32 sid)
 {
-	int old	= audit_backlog_limit;
+	int res, rc = 0, old = audit_backlog_limit;
+
+	/* check if we are locked */
+	if (audit_enabled == 2)
+		res = 0;
+	else
+		res = 1;
 
 	if (sid) {
 		char *ctx = NULL;
 		u32 len;
-		int rc;
-		if ((rc = selinux_ctxid_to_string(sid, &ctx, &len)))
-			return rc;
-		else
+		if ((rc = selinux_ctxid_to_string(sid, &ctx, &len)) == 0) {
 			audit_log(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE,
-			    "audit_backlog_limit=%d old=%d by auid=%u subj=%s",
-				limit, old, loginuid, ctx);
-		kfree(ctx);
-	} else
-		audit_log(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE,
-			"audit_backlog_limit=%d old=%d by auid=%u",
-			limit, old, loginuid);
-	audit_backlog_limit = limit;
-	return 0;
+				"audit_backlog_limit=%d old=%d by auid=%u"
+				" subj=%s res=%d",
+				limit, old, loginuid, ctx, res);
+			kfree(ctx);
+		} else
+			res = 0; /* Something weird, deny request */
+	}
+	audit_log(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE,
+		"audit_backlog_limit=%d old=%d by auid=%u res=%d",
+		limit, old, loginuid, res);
+
+	/* If we are allowed, make the change */
+	if (res == 1)
+		audit_backlog_limit = limit;
+	/* Not allowed, update reason */
+	else if (rc == 0)
+		rc = -EPERM;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static int audit_set_enabled(int state, uid_t loginuid, u32 sid)
 {
-	int old = audit_enabled;
+	int res, rc = 0, old = audit_enabled;
 
-	if (state != 0 && state != 1)
+	if (state < 0 || state > 2)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* check if we are locked */
+	if (audit_enabled == 2)
+		res = 0;
+	else
+		res = 1;
+
 	if (sid) {
 		char *ctx = NULL;
 		u32 len;
-		int rc;
-		if ((rc = selinux_ctxid_to_string(sid, &ctx, &len)))
-			return rc;
-		else
+		if ((rc = selinux_ctxid_to_string(sid, &ctx, &len)) == 0) {
 			audit_log(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE,
-				"audit_enabled=%d old=%d by auid=%u subj=%s",
-				state, old, loginuid, ctx);
-		kfree(ctx);
-	} else
-		audit_log(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE,
-			"audit_enabled=%d old=%d by auid=%u",
-			state, old, loginuid);
-	audit_enabled = state;
-	return 0;
+				"audit_enabled=%d old=%d by auid=%u"
+				" subj=%s res=%d",
+				state, old, loginuid, ctx, res);
+			kfree(ctx);
+		} else
+			res = 0; /* Something weird, deny request */
+	}
+	audit_log(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE,
+		"audit_enabled=%d old=%d by auid=%u res=%d",
+		state, old, loginuid, res);
+
+	/* If we are allowed, make the change */
+	if (res == 1)
+		audit_enabled = state;
+	/* Not allowed, update reason */
+	else if (rc == 0)
+		rc = -EPERM;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static int audit_set_failure(int state, uid_t loginuid, u32 sid)
 {
-	int old = audit_failure;
+	int res, rc = 0, old = audit_failure;
 
 	if (state != AUDIT_FAIL_SILENT
 	    && state != AUDIT_FAIL_PRINTK
 	    && state != AUDIT_FAIL_PANIC)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* check if we are locked */
+	if (audit_enabled == 2)
+		res = 0;
+	else
+		res = 1;
+
 	if (sid) {
 		char *ctx = NULL;
 		u32 len;
-		int rc;
-		if ((rc = selinux_ctxid_to_string(sid, &ctx, &len)))
-			return rc;
-		else
+		if ((rc = selinux_ctxid_to_string(sid, &ctx, &len)) == 0) {
 			audit_log(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE,
-				"audit_failure=%d old=%d by auid=%u subj=%s",
-				state, old, loginuid, ctx);
-		kfree(ctx);
-	} else
-		audit_log(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE,
-			"audit_failure=%d old=%d by auid=%u",
-			state, old, loginuid);
-	audit_failure = state;
-	return 0;
+				"audit_failure=%d old=%d by auid=%u"
+				" subj=%s res=%d",
+				state, old, loginuid, ctx, res);
+			kfree(ctx);
+		} else
+			res = 0; /* Something weird, deny request */
+	}
+	audit_log(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE,
+		"audit_failure=%d old=%d by auid=%u res=%d",
+		state, old, loginuid, res);
+
+	/* If we are allowed, make the change */
+	if (res == 1)
+		audit_failure = state;
+	/* Not allowed, update reason */
+	else if (rc == 0)
+		rc = -EPERM;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)

@@ -597,6 +647,30 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_b
 	case AUDIT_DEL:
 		if (nlmsg_len(nlh) < sizeof(struct audit_rule))
 			return -EINVAL;
+		if (audit_enabled == 2) {
+			ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_KERNEL,
+					AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE);
+			if (ab) {
+				audit_log_format(ab,
+						 "pid=%d uid=%u auid=%u",
+						 pid, uid, loginuid);
+				if (sid) {
+					if (selinux_ctxid_to_string(
+							sid, &ctx, &len)) {
+						audit_log_format(ab, 
+							" ssid=%u", sid);
+						/* Maybe call audit_panic? */
+					} else
+						audit_log_format(ab, 
+							" subj=%s", ctx);
+					kfree(ctx);
+				}
+				audit_log_format(ab, " audit_enabled=%d res=0",
+					audit_enabled);
+				audit_log_end(ab);
+			}
+			return -EPERM;
+		}
 		/* fallthrough */
 	case AUDIT_LIST:
 		err = audit_receive_filter(nlh->nlmsg_type, NETLINK_CB(skb).pid,

@@ -607,6 +681,30 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_b
 	case AUDIT_DEL_RULE:
 		if (nlmsg_len(nlh) < sizeof(struct audit_rule_data))
 			return -EINVAL;
+		if (audit_enabled == 2) {
+			ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_KERNEL,
+					AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE);
+			if (ab) {
+				audit_log_format(ab,
+						 "pid=%d uid=%u auid=%u",
+						 pid, uid, loginuid);
+				if (sid) {
+					if (selinux_ctxid_to_string(
+							sid, &ctx, &len)) {
+						audit_log_format(ab, 
+							" ssid=%u", sid);
+						/* Maybe call audit_panic? */
+					} else
+						audit_log_format(ab, 
+							" subj=%s", ctx);
+					kfree(ctx);
+				}
+				audit_log_format(ab, " audit_enabled=%d res=0",
+					audit_enabled);
+				audit_log_end(ab);
+			}
+			return -EPERM;
+		}
 		/* fallthrough */
 	case AUDIT_LIST_RULES:
 		err = audit_receive_filter(nlh->nlmsg_type, NETLINK_CB(skb).pid,
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Quoted 11 lines · --- Steve Grubb

Hi,

The following patch adds a new mode to the audit system. It uses the
audit_enabled config option to introduce the idea of audit enabled, but
configuration is immutable. Any attempt to change the configuration
while in this mode is audited. To change the audit rules, you'd need to
reboot the machine.

I don't expect it to be popular, but I like it.

Casey Schaufler
[email protected]

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In reply to Steve Grubb
Quoted 5 lines · Steve Grubb

The following patch adds a new mode to the audit system. It uses the audit_enabled config option to introduce the idea of audit enabled, but configuration is immutable. Any attempt to change the configuration while in this mode is audited. To change the audit rules, you'd need to reboot the machine.

Seems reasonable to me. Just a couple of comments.

Quoted 2 lines

This patch also adds "res=" to a number of configuration commands that did not have it before.

The res= idiom is unfamiliar to me, seems like an is_xxx name (is_allowed?) would make it clear what the intent is for.

kernel/audit.c line 70

Quoted 9 lines
kernel/audit.c +3 -1
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@
  * (Initialization happens after skb_init is called.) */
 static int	audit_initialized;
 
-/* No syscall auditing will take place unless audit_enabled != 0. */
+/* 0 - no auditing
+ * 1 - auditing enabled
+ * 2 - auditing enabled and configuration is locked/unchangeable. */
 int		audit_enabled;

You probably want a #define or enum for these values, rather than using magic numbers.

Thanks.

Signature · 4 lines
Steve Beattie
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc. 
<[email protected]>
http://NxNW.org/~steve/
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Quoted 5 lines · Steve Beattie
Quoted 2 lines

This patch also adds "res=" to a number of configuration commands that did not have it before.

The res= idiom is unfamiliar to me, seems like an is_xxx name (is_allowed?) would make it clear what the intent is for.

"res" is an abbreviation for results. We have to know the outcome of the command - was it successful or not.

-Steve