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authorSteve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>2005-05-06 13:38:39 +0200
committerDavid Woodhouse <dwmw2@shinybook.infradead.org>2005-05-06 13:38:39 +0200
commitc2f0c7c356dc9ae15419f00c725a2fcc58eeff58 (patch)
tree2b765b791115e0e85b45bc98800fd2650b23155b /security
parent[PATCH] ppc64: remove explicit contig_page_data reference (diff)
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The attached patch addresses the problem with getting the audit daemon
shutdown credential information. It creates a new message type AUDIT_TERM_INFO, which is used by the audit daemon to query who issued the shutdown. It requires the placement of a hook function that gathers the information. The hook is after the DAC & MAC checks and before the function returns. Racing threads could overwrite the uid & pid - but they would have to be root and have policy that allows signalling the audit daemon. That should be a manageable risk. The userspace component will be released later in audit 0.7.2. When it receives the TERM signal, it queries the kernel for shutdown information. When it receives it, it writes the message and exits. The message looks like this: type=DAEMON msg=auditd(1114551182.000) auditd normal halt, sending pid=2650 uid=525, auditd pid=1685 Signed-off-by: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'security')
-rw-r--r--security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c b/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
index b3adb481bc25..deac14367d43 100644
--- a/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
+++ b/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static struct nlmsg_perm nlmsg_audit_perms[] =
{ AUDIT_ADD, NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET__NLMSG_WRITE },
{ AUDIT_DEL, NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET__NLMSG_WRITE },
{ AUDIT_USER, NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET__NLMSG_RELAY },
+ { AUDIT_SIGNAL_INFO, NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET__NLMSG_READ },
};