fleet/ee/cis
Lucas Manuel Rodriguez feb4e65be6
Optimize macOS CIS query 5.1.5 (#12506)
#10292

The query was processing *every* file under `/Applications/`, which
makes it super expensive both in CPU usage and Memory footprint. This
query was the main culprit of triggering worker process kills by the
watchdog.

On some runs it triggered CPU usage alerts:
```
7716:W0623 15:38:05.402959 221732864 watcher.cpp:415] osqueryd worker (72976) stopping:
Maximum sustainable CPU utilization limit 1200ms exceeded for 12 seconds
```
And on other runs it triggered memory usage alerts:
```
4431 W0626 07:28:50.868021 147312640 watcher.cpp:424] osqueryd worker (21453) stopping:
Memory limits exceeded: 214020096 bytes (limit is 200MB)
```

For the above logs I used a custom osqueryd branch to be able to print
more information: https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8070

The metrics for the old query were CPU usage: ~4521 ms
```
435:level=warn ts=2023-06-26T09:58:29.665712Z query=fleet_policy_query_1233 queryTime=4521 memory=12226560 msg="distributed query performance is excessive" hostID=308 platform=darwin
```
With the new query, CPU usage: ~210 ms.
```
23893:level=debug ts=2023-06-26T18:06:08.242456Z query=fleet_policy_query_1233 queryTime=210 msg=stats memory=0 hostID=308 platform=darwin
```
Basically a ~20x improvement.

- [X] Changes file added for user-visible changes in `changes/` or
`orbit/changes/`.
See [Changes
files](https://fleetdm.com/docs/contributing/committing-changes#changes-files)
for more information.
- ~[ ] Documented any API changes (docs/Using-Fleet/REST-API.md or
docs/Contributing/API-for-contributors.md)~
- ~[ ] Documented any permissions changes~
- ~[ ] Input data is properly validated, `SELECT *` is avoided, SQL
injection is prevented (using placeholders for values in statements)~
- ~[ ] Added support on fleet's osquery simulator `cmd/osquery-perf` for
new osquery data ingestion features.~
- ~[ ] Added/updated tests~
- [X] Manual QA for all new/changed functionality
  - For Orbit and Fleet Desktop changes:
- ~[ ] Manual QA must be performed in the three main OSs, macOS, Windows
and Linux.~
- ~[ ] Auto-update manual QA, from released version of component to new
version (see [tools/tuf/test](../tools/tuf/test/README.md)).~
2023-06-27 11:06:26 -03:00
..
macos-13 Optimize macOS CIS query 5.1.5 (#12506) 2023-06-27 11:06:26 -03:00
win-10 Addressing system test findings (#12210) 2023-06-08 10:47:04 -03:00