From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: audit-viewer "comm" question
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 19:15:40 -0400
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On Monday 04 August 2008 19:01:43 LC Bruzenak wrote:
> > type=3DUSER_AVC msg=3Daudit(08/04/2008 16:04:24.152:126492) : user pi=
d=3D23501
> > uid=3Droot auid=3Dunset subj=3Dsystem_u:system_r:xdm_xserver_t:s0-s15=
:c0.c1023
> > msg=3D'avc: =C2=A0denied =C2=A0{ receive } for =C2=A0comm=3D(null) ev=
ent=3DX11:PropertyNotify
> > scontext=3Duser_u:user_r:user_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023
> > tcontext=3Duser_u:object_r:property_xevent_t:s4:c0,c2,c11,c200.c511
> > tclass=3Dx_event : exe=3D/usr/bin/Xorg (sauid=3Droot =C2=A0hostname=3D=
?, addr=3D?,
> > terminal=3D?)'
>
> I guess the question here is not why there is > 16 chars (since this is
> a USER_AVC not kernel-generated event - right?)

Yep.

> but rather why the GUI shows the comm but the ausearch doesn't.

I think I tried to work around the problem the SE Linux folks are creatin=
g and=20
then decided they need to fix the code since I am now violating the audit=
=20
standard by allowing for the mis-use of field encoding. They should proba=
bly=20
both show (null) until this gets fixing in libselinux.

-Steve