public inbox for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Boyce, Kevin P (AS)" <Kevin.Boyce@ngc.com>
Cc: "Wade Mealing" <wmealing@redhat.com>,
	"Bjørn Mork" <bjorn@mork.no>, "Oliver Neukum" <oneukum@suse.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-usb <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-audit@redhat.com" <linux-audit@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: EXT :Re: [RFC] Create an audit record of USB specific details
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 09:46:32 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160405134632.GC31313@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <889498a2eca043d5af1fe23ffb574284@XCGVAG30.northgrum.com>

On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 11:49:14AM +0000, Boyce, Kevin P (AS) wrote:
> Wade,
> 
> Wouldn't this imply that every time the system is booted and the PCI
> bus for example is enumerated and all of the devices are created that
> all of those activities generate audit events?
> That sounds less than desiriable.  Does this imply that the audit
> subsystem should maintain a "baseline" of hardware that is always
> present on the system?  

If you do, what happens when your PCI devices renumber themselves the
next time you boot (hint, PCI numbering is not static.)

> Couldn't you audit a directory under /proc/usb?

There is no "/proc/usb/" :)

> Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't audititing of the syscall mknod
> create an event when devices are "added" to the system?

The kernel calls mknod itself on devtmpfs, userspace doesn't do that
anymore (hasn't for a long time).  Do you get those audit events today?

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2016-04-05 13:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-04-04  4:02 [RFC] Create an audit record of USB specific details wmealing
2016-04-04  6:48 ` Oliver Neukum
2016-04-04  7:47   ` Bjørn Mork
2016-04-05  8:40     ` Wade Mealing
2016-04-05 11:49       ` EXT :Re: " Boyce, Kevin P (AS)
2016-04-05 13:46         ` Greg KH [this message]
2016-04-05 13:52           ` Boyce, Kevin P (AS)
2016-04-05 15:35             ` Greg KH
2016-04-05 14:40       ` Alan Stern
2016-04-05 22:17         ` Wade Mealing
2016-04-05 17:02       ` Oliver Neukum
2016-04-05 19:38         ` Steve Grubb
2016-04-05 22:18           ` Greg KH
2016-04-04 12:56 ` Greg KH
2016-04-04 21:33   ` Steve Grubb
2016-04-04 21:48     ` Greg KH
2016-04-04 21:53       ` Greg KH
2016-04-05 13:07         ` Burn Alting
2016-04-05 13:44           ` Greg KH
2016-04-05 14:08             ` Burn Alting
2016-04-05 14:20               ` EXT :Re: " Boyce, Kevin P (AS)
2016-04-05 14:37                 ` Burn Alting
2016-04-05 14:42                   ` Boyce, Kevin P (AS)
2016-04-05 22:39                     ` Burn Alting
2016-04-04 21:37   ` Paul Moore
2016-04-04 21:50     ` Greg KH
2016-04-05  2:54       ` Paul Moore
2016-04-05  3:39         ` Greg KH
2016-04-05 14:50           ` Paul Moore
2016-04-04 21:37 ` Steve Grubb
2016-04-04 21:54   ` Greg KH
     [not found]     ` <CALJHwhR-SA7K=fD=DUXE7EFq+4gWKPaY+B5z6jdCj7180wg_vg@mail.gmail.com>
2016-04-05  1:54       ` Wade Mealing
2016-04-05  2:43         ` Greg KH
2016-04-05  2:47         ` Greg KH
2016-04-04 22:10   ` Burn Alting

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=20160405134632.GC31313@kroah.com \
    --to=gregkh@linuxfoundation.org \
    --cc=Kevin.Boyce@ngc.com \
    --cc=bjorn@mork.no \
    --cc=linux-audit@redhat.com \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-usb@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=oneukum@suse.com \
    --cc=wmealing@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 a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox