Re: [PATCH v35 26/29] Audit: Add record for multiple task security contexts

Paul Moore
2022-04-26T18:15:41Z

On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 9:08 PM John Johansen
<john.johansen@canonical.com> wrote:
> On 4/18/22 07:59, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> > Create a new audit record AUDIT_MAC_TASK_CONTEXTS.
> > An example of the MAC_TASK_CONTEXTS (1420) record is:
> >
> > type=MAC_TASK_CONTEXTS[1420]
> > msg=audit(1600880931.832:113)
> > subj_apparmor=unconfined
> > subj_smack=_
> >
> > When an audit event includes a AUDIT_MAC_TASK_CONTEXTS record
> > the "subj=" field in other records in the event will be "subj=?".
> > An AUDIT_MAC_TASK_CONTEXTS record is supplied when the system has
> > multiple security modules that may make access decisions based
> > on a subject security context.
> >
> > Functions are created to manage the skb list in the audit_buffer.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
>
> Besides moving the aux fns, and the whining below
> Reviewed-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>

...

> > diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
> > index 4d44c05053b0..8ed2d717c217 100644
> > --- a/kernel/audit.c
> > +++ b/kernel/audit.c
> > @@ -2185,16 +2238,44 @@ int audit_log_task_context(struct audit_buffer *ab)
> > if (!lsmblob_is_set(&blob))
> > return 0;
> >
> > - error = security_secid_to_secctx(&blob, &context, LSMBLOB_FIRST);
> > + if (!lsm_multiple_contexts()) {
> > + error = security_secid_to_secctx(&blob, &context,
> > + LSMBLOB_FIRST);
> > + if (error) {
> > + if (error != -EINVAL)
> > + goto error_path;
> > + return 0;
> > + }
> >
> > - if (error) {
> > - if (error != -EINVAL)
> > + audit_log_format(ab, " subj=%s", context.context);
> > + security_release_secctx(&context);
> > + } else {
> > + /* Multiple LSMs provide contexts. Include an aux record. */
> > + audit_log_format(ab, " subj=?");
>
> just me whining, you sure we can't just drop subj= here

Have I recently given you my "the audit code is crap" speech? ;)

I more or less answered this with my comments on the earlier patch,
but we need to keep this around for compatibility. It will get better
in the future.

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