nixos/audit: add proper enable flag

Align with upstream and also remove unnecessary dependency on bash along
the way.
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nikstur
2025-07-30 17:26:09 +02:00
parent 6a7d91d53a
commit 774f6ed203
+29 -47
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@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
}:
let
cfg = config.security.audit;
enabled = cfg.enable == "lock" || cfg.enable;
failureModes = {
silent = 0;
@@ -14,43 +13,14 @@ let
panic = 2;
};
disableScript = pkgs.writeScript "audit-disable" ''
#!${pkgs.runtimeShell} -eu
# Explicitly disable everything, as otherwise journald might start it.
auditctl -D
auditctl -e 0 -a task,never
'';
# TODO: it seems like people like their rules to be somewhat secret, yet they will not be if
# put in the store like this. At the same time, it doesn't feel like a huge deal and working
# around that is a pain so I'm leaving it like this for now.
startScript = pkgs.writeScript "audit-start" ''
#!${pkgs.runtimeShell} -eu
# Clear out any rules we may start with
auditctl -D
# Put the rules in a temporary file owned and only readable by root
rulesfile="$(mktemp)"
${lib.concatMapStrings (x: "echo '${x}' >> $rulesfile\n") cfg.rules}
# Apply the requested rules
auditctl -R "$rulesfile"
# Enable and configure auditing
auditctl \
-e ${if cfg.enable == "lock" then "2" else "1"} \
-b ${toString cfg.backlogLimit} \
-f ${toString failureModes.${cfg.failureMode}} \
-r ${toString cfg.rateLimit}
'';
stopScript = pkgs.writeScript "audit-stop" ''
#!${pkgs.runtimeShell} -eu
# Clear the rules
auditctl -D
# Disable auditing
auditctl -e 0
# The order of the fixed rules is determined by augenrules(8)
rules = pkgs.writeTextDir "audit.rules" ''
-D
-b ${toString cfg.backlogLimit}
-f ${toString failureModes.${cfg.failureMode}}
-r ${toString cfg.rateLimit}
${lib.concatLines cfg.rules}
-e ${if cfg.enable == "lock" then "2" else "1"}
'';
in
{
@@ -110,23 +80,35 @@ in
};
};
config = {
systemd.services.audit = {
description = "Kernel Auditing";
wantedBy = [ "basic.target" ];
config = lib.mkIf (cfg.enable == "lock" || cfg.enable) {
systemd.services.audit-rules = {
description = "Load Audit Rules";
wantedBy = [ "sysinit.target" ];
before = [
"sysinit.target"
"shutdown.target"
];
conflicts = [ "shutdown.target" ];
unitConfig = {
DefaultDependencies = false;
ConditionVirtualization = "!container";
ConditionSecurity = [ "audit" ];
ConditionKernelCommandLine = [
"!audit=0"
"!audit=off"
];
};
path = [ pkgs.audit ];
serviceConfig = {
Type = "oneshot";
RemainAfterExit = true;
ExecStart = "@${if enabled then startScript else disableScript} audit-start";
ExecStop = "@${stopScript} audit-stop";
ExecStart = "${lib.getExe' pkgs.audit "auditctl"} -R ${rules}/audit.rules";
ExecStopPost = [
# Disable auditing
"${lib.getExe' pkgs.audit "auditctl"} -e 0"
# Delete all rules
"${lib.getExe' pkgs.audit "auditctl"} -D"
];
};
};
};