Bug 160654 - audit: kernel audits auditd
Summary: audit: kernel audits auditd
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: David Woodhouse
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks: 113381 156322
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Reported: 2005-06-16 12:58 UTC by Steve Grubb
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2005-514
Doc Type: Enhancement
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Last Closed: 2005-10-05 13:31:54 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:514 0 qe-ready SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 2 2005-10-05 04:00:00 UTC

Description Steve Grubb 2005-06-16 12:58:40 UTC
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Description of problem:
The kernel still emits records about the audit daemon. This can cause a geometric explosion in records since each logging of a record generates 7-10 events - each having several records. This rule can be used to trigger it:

auditctl -a entry,always -S all -F auid=-1

This is what results:

type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1118858393.806:1338447): arch=40000003 syscall=240 
success=yes exit=1 a0=b8ce64 a1=1 a2=1 a3=a79a208 items=0 pid=1716 
auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 
comm="auditd" exe="/sbin/auditd"
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1118858393.806:1338456): arch=40000003 syscall=4 
success=yes exit=254 a0=5 a1=b7fff000 a2=fe a3=fe items=0 pid=1716 
auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 
comm="auditd" exe="/sbin/auditd"
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1118858393.806:1338459): arch=40000003 syscall=197 
success=yes exit=0 a0=5 a1=b7fe81bc a2=659ff4 a3=b7fe81bc items=0 pid=1716 
auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 
comm="auditd" exe="/sbin/auditd"

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. New functionality

Additional info:

Comment 1 David Woodhouse 2005-06-19 23:37:39 UTC
Should be fixed in audit.62 build.

Comment 4 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-10-05 13:31:54 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html



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