Re: [PATCH V6 05/10] audit: log creation and deletion of namespace instances

Paul Moore <paul(a)paul-moore.com&gt; writes: > On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 5:46 AM, Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >> On 05/15/2015 05:05 PM, Paul Moore wrote: >>> On Thursday, May 14, 2015 11:23:09 PM Andy Lutomirski wrote: >>>> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 7:32 PM, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >>>>> On 15/05/14, Paul Moore wrote: >>>>>> * Look at our existing audit records to determine which records should >>>>>> have >>>>>> namespace and container ID tokens added. We may only want to add the >>>>>> additional fields in the case where the namespace/container ID tokens are >>>>>> not the init namespace. >>>>> If we have a record that ties a set of namespace IDs with a container >>>>> ID, then I expect we only need to list the containerID along with auid >>>>> and sessionID. >>>> The problem here is that the kernel has no concept of a "container", and I >>>> don't think it makes any sense to add one just for audit. "Container" is a >>>> marketing term used by some userspace tools. >>>> >>>> I can imagine that both audit could benefit from a concept of a >>>> namespace *path* that understands nesting (e.g. root/2/5/1 or >>>> something along those lines). Mapping these to "containers" belongs >>>> in userspace, I think. >>> It might be helpful to climb up a few levels in this thread ... >>> >>> I think we all agree that containers are not a kernel construct. I further >>> believe that the kernel has no business generating container IDs, those should >>> come from userspace and will likely be different depending on how you define >>> "container". However, what is less clear to me at this point is how the >>> kernel should handle the setting, reporting, and general management of this >>> container ID token. >>> >> Wouldn't the easiest thing be to just treat add a containerid to the >> process context like auid. > > I believe so. At least that was the point I was trying to get across > when I first jumped into this thread. It sounds nice but containers are not just a per process construct. Sometimes you might know anamespace but not which process instigated action to happen on that namespace.

From an auditing perspective I'm not sure we will ever hit those