Re: [PATCH V2 1/1] audit: Record fanotify access control decisions

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Re: [PATCH V2 1/1] audit: Record fanotify access control decisions

From: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Date: 2017-09-25 04:43:29

On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 11:25 PM, Steve Grubb [off-list ref] wrote:
Hello,

The fanotify interface allows user space daemons to make access
control decisions. Under common criteria requirements, we need to
optionally record decisions based on policy. This patch adds a bit mask,
FAN_AUDIT, that a user space daemon can 'or' into the response decision
which will tell the kernel that it made a decision and record it.

It would be used something like this in user space code:

  response.response = FAN_DENY | FAN_AUDIT;
  write(fd, &response, sizeof(struct fanotify_response));

When the syscall ends, the audit system will record the decision as a
AUDIT_FANOTIFY auxiliary record to denote that the reason this event
occurred is the result of an access control decision from fanotify
rather than DAC or MAC policy.

A sample event looks like this:

type=PATH msg=audit(1504310584.332:290): item=0 name="./evil-ls"
inode=1319561 dev=fc:03 mode=0100755 ouid=1000 ogid=1000 rdev=00:00
obj=unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 nametype=NORMAL
type=CWD msg=audit(1504310584.332:290): cwd="/home/sgrubb"
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1504310584.332:290): arch=c000003e syscall=2
success=no exit=-1 a0=32cb3fca90 a1=0 a2=43 a3=8 items=1 ppid=901
pid=959 auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 euid=1000 suid=1000
fsuid=1000 egid=1000 sgid=1000 fsgid=1000 tty=pts1 ses=3 comm="bash"
exe="/usr/bin/bash" subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:
s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)
type=FANOTIFY msg=audit(1504310584.332:290): resp=2

Prior to using the audit flag, the developer needs to call
fanotify_init or'ing in FAN_AUDIT_ENABLE to ensure that the kernel
supports auditing. The calling process must also have the CAP_AUDIT_WRITE
capability.

Signed-off-by: sgrubb <redacted>
Please CC linux-api !!!

A few small nits below

...
quoted hunk
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 907a481..37e2b60 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static int process_access_response(struct fsnotify_group *group,
         * userspace can send a valid response or we will clean it up after the
         * timeout
         */
-       switch (response) {
+       switch (response & ~FAN_AUDIT) {
        case FAN_ALLOW:
        case FAN_DENY:
                break;
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ static int process_access_response(struct fsnotify_group *group,
        if (fd < 0)
                return -EINVAL;

+#ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
+       if ((response & FAN_AUDIT) && (group->audit_enabled == 0))
+               return -EINVAL;
+#endif
+
Remove ifdef. this *should* return EINVAL if !defined CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
quoted hunk
        event = dequeue_event(group, fd);
        if (!event)
                return -ENOENT;
@@ -805,6 +810,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fanotify_init, unsigned int, flags, unsigned int, event_f_flags)
                group->fanotify_data.max_marks = FANOTIFY_DEFAULT_MAX_MARKS;
        }

+#ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
+       if (flags & FAN_ENABLE_AUDIT) {
+               fd = -EPERM;
+               if (!capable(CAP_AUDIT_WRITE))
+                       goto out_destroy_group;
+               group->audit_enabled = 1;
+       } else
+               group->audit_enabled = 0;
Remove else case. group struct in zallocated
(and in any case, if {} should be followed by else {})

...
quoted hunk
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index c6c6931..470d02b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ struct fsnotify_group {
                } fanotify_data;
 #endif /* CONFIG_FANOTIFY */
        };
+#ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
+       unsigned int audit_enabled;
+#endif
Remove ifdef. audit_enabled == 0 should be the indication also when
!defined CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
The less ifdefs the better.
This is not a struct that is multiplied many times so the extra integer is
not important.

Thanks,
Amir.

Re: [PATCH V2 1/1] audit: Record fanotify access control decisions

From: Steve Grubb <hidden>
Date: 2017-09-25 14:19:33

On Monday, September 25, 2017 12:43:28 AM EDT Amir Goldstein wrote:
On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 11:25 PM, Steve Grubb [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
Hello,

The fanotify interface allows user space daemons to make access
control decisions. Under common criteria requirements, we need to
optionally record decisions based on policy. This patch adds a bit mask,
FAN_AUDIT, that a user space daemon can 'or' into the response decision
which will tell the kernel that it made a decision and record it.

It would be used something like this in user space code:

response.response = FAN_DENY | FAN_AUDIT;
write(fd, &response, sizeof(struct fanotify_response));

When the syscall ends, the audit system will record the decision as a
AUDIT_FANOTIFY auxiliary record to denote that the reason this event
occurred is the result of an access control decision from fanotify
rather than DAC or MAC policy.

A sample event looks like this:

type=PATH msg=audit(1504310584.332:290): item=0 name="./evil-ls"
inode=1319561 dev=fc:03 mode=0100755 ouid=1000 ogid=1000 rdev=00:00
obj=unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 nametype=NORMAL
type=CWD msg=audit(1504310584.332:290): cwd="/home/sgrubb"
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1504310584.332:290): arch=c000003e syscall=2
success=no exit=-1 a0=32cb3fca90 a1=0 a2=43 a3=8 items=1 ppid=901
pid=959 auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 euid=1000 suid=1000
fsuid=1000 egid=1000 sgid=1000 fsgid=1000 tty=pts1 ses=3 comm="bash"
exe="/usr/bin/bash" subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:
s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)
type=FANOTIFY msg=audit(1504310584.332:290): resp=2

Prior to using the audit flag, the developer needs to call
fanotify_init or'ing in FAN_AUDIT_ENABLE to ensure that the kernel
supports auditing. The calling process must also have the CAP_AUDIT_WRITE
capability.

Signed-off-by: sgrubb <redacted>
Please CC linux-api !!!
Missed that. Will be cc'ed on v3.
A few small nits below
I have corrected those and will send v3 shortly after I re-verify the patch 
still works.

Thanks,
-Steve
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