include/linux/audit.h | 10 ++++++++++ include/uapi/linux/audit.h | 1 + kernel/auditsc.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ kernel/fork.c | 4 +++- 4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
The clone3(2) syscall moves most parameters to struct clone_args.
For this reason, the generic SYSCALL audit record does not capture
the structured arguments.
Add a CLONE3 auxiliary record that logs: flags, exit_signal, cgroup,
and pidfd fields from struct clone_args. When CLONE_PIDFD is set and
the syscall succeeds, the resolved pidfd is logged; otherwise
pidfd=(null).
----
type=SYSCALL : syscall=clone3 a0=0x7ffe7f1ec640 a1=0x58 a2=0x0 ...
type=CLONE3 : cl3_flags=0x1000 exit_signal=17 cgroup=0 pidfd=3
Link: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/151
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
---
include/linux/audit.h | 10 ++++++++++
include/uapi/linux/audit.h | 1 +
kernel/auditsc.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/fork.c | 4 +++-
4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 45abb3722d30..833f349bf415 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ extern void __audit_tk_injoffset(struct timespec64 offset);
extern void __audit_ntp_log(const struct audit_ntp_data *ad);
extern void __audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af, unsigned int nentries,
enum audit_nfcfgop op, gfp_t gfp);
+extern void __audit_log_clone3(struct kernel_clone_args *kargs, int ret);
static inline void audit_ipc_obj(struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp)
{
@@ -598,6 +599,12 @@ static inline void audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af,
__audit_log_nfcfg(name, af, nentries, op, gfp);
}
+static inline void audit_log_clone3(struct kernel_clone_args *kargs, int ret)
+{
+ if (!audit_dummy_context())
+ __audit_log_clone3(kargs, ret);
+}
+
extern int audit_n_rules;
extern int audit_signals;
#else /* CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL */
@@ -730,6 +737,9 @@ static inline void audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af,
enum audit_nfcfgop op, gfp_t gfp)
{ }
+static inline void audit_log_clone3(struct kernel_clone_args *kargs, int ret)
+{ }
+
#define audit_n_rules 0
#define audit_signals 0
#endif /* CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
index e8f5ce677df7..37357e17adbf 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
#define AUDIT_OPENAT2 1337 /* Record showing openat2 how args */
#define AUDIT_DM_CTRL 1338 /* Device Mapper target control */
#define AUDIT_DM_EVENT 1339 /* Device Mapper events */
+#define AUDIT_CLONE3 1343 /* Record showing clone3 args */
#define AUDIT_AVC 1400 /* SE Linux avc denial or grant */
#define AUDIT_SELINUX_ERR 1401 /* Internal SE Linux Errors */
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 6610e667c728..c0106bb71c19 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2882,6 +2882,26 @@ void __audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af, unsigned int nentries,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__audit_log_nfcfg);
+void __audit_log_clone3(struct kernel_clone_args *kargs, int ret)
+{
+ struct audit_buffer *ab;
+ int pidfd;
+
+ ab = audit_log_start(audit_context(), GFP_KERNEL,
+ AUDIT_CLONE3);
+ if (!ab)
+ return;
+
+ audit_log_format(ab, "cl3_flags=0x%llx exit_signal=%d cgroup=%d",
+ kargs->flags, kargs->exit_signal, kargs->cgroup);
+ if ((kargs->flags & CLONE_PIDFD) && ret >= 0 &&
+ !get_user(pidfd, kargs->pidfd))
+ audit_log_format(ab, " pidfd=%d", pidfd);
+ else
+ audit_log_format(ab, " pidfd=(null)");
+ audit_log_end(ab);
+}
+
static void audit_log_task(struct audit_buffer *ab)
{
kuid_t auid, uid;
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index f0e2e131a9a5..0f52e8c0e900 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -3047,7 +3047,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(clone3, struct clone_args __user *, uargs, size_t, size)
if (!clone3_args_valid(&kargs))
return -EINVAL;
- return kernel_clone(&kargs);
+ err = kernel_clone(&kargs);
+ audit_log_clone3(&kargs, err);
+ return err;
}
void walk_process_tree(struct task_struct *top, proc_visitor visitor, void *data)
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