Re: syscall - "comm" field truncated
On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Lev Stipakov <lstipakov(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
Sometimes audit of "execve" syscall generates events with truncated
"comm"
values, for example:
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1459950426.152:1097081): arch=c000003e syscall=59
success=yes exit=0 a0=35bae3e a1=1bc0cf0 a2=2b09280 a3=58c items=2 ppid=2183
pid=26566 auid=4294967295 uid=1001 gid=1001 euid=1001
suid=1001 fsuid=1001 egid=1001 sgid=1001 fsgid=1001 tty=(none)
ses=4294967295 comm="gnome-calculato"
exe="/usr/bin/gnome-calculator"
Why "comm" is "gnome-calculato" and not
"/usr/bin/gnome-calculator" ?
This is due to a limitation in how the kernel records the comm field
and isn't likely to change.
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paul moore
www.paul-moore.com