feat(operator): Improve CRI socket detection

KubeArmor/core/kubeArmor.go

@@ -778,6 +778,14 @@ func KubeArmor() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	var runtimeLabel, socketLabel string
+	if v, ok := dm.Node.Labels["kubearmor.io/runtime"]; ok {
+		runtimeLabel = v
+	}
+	if v, ok := dm.Node.Labels["kubearmor.io/socket"]; ok {
+		socketLabel = v
+	}
+
 	if dm.K8sEnabled && cfg.GlobalCfg.Policy {
 		if cfg.GlobalCfg.UseOCIHooks &&
 			(strings.Contains(dm.Node.ContainerRuntimeVersion, "cri-o") ||
@@ -817,6 +825,29 @@ func KubeArmor() {
 
 			dm.Logger.Printf("Using %s for monitoring containers", cfg.GlobalCfg.CRISocket)
 
+		} else if runtimeLabel != "" && socketLabel != "" { // use runtime and CRI socket detected by snitch
+
+			dm.Logger.Print("Using runtime and CRI socket detected by snitch")
+
+			// socketLabel is like "run_containerd_containerd.sock", change it to "/run/containerd/containerd.sock"
+			socketFilePath := "/" + strings.ReplaceAll(socketLabel, "_", "/")
+			cfg.GlobalCfg.CRISocket = "unix://" + socketFilePath
+
+			switch runtimeLabel {
+			case "docker":
+				// update already deployed containers
+				dm.GetAlreadyDeployedDockerContainers()
+
+				// monitor docker events
+				go dm.MonitorDockerEvents()
+			case "containerd":
+				// monitor containerd events
+				go dm.MonitorContainerdEvents()
+			case "cri-o":
+				// monitor cri-o events
+				go dm.MonitorCrioEvents()
+			}
+
 		} else { // CRI socket not set, we'll have to auto detect
 			dm.Logger.Print("CRI socket not set. Trying to detect.")
 

pkg/KubeArmorOperator/cmd/snitch-cmd/main.go

@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ restricts the behavior (such as process execution, file access, and networking
 operation) of containers at the system level.
 
 Socket Detection:
-- By default, snitch auto-detects CRI sockets using a predefined search order
+- By default, snitch auto-detects CRI sockets by creating client for them and sending a request with snitch's container ID to check if it has the container or not
 - Use --socket-file to explicitly specify the socket path when multiple runtimes are present
-- Example: --socket-file /run/k3s/containerd/containerd. sock
+- Example: --socket-file /run/k3s/containerd/containerd.sock
 
 	`,
 	SilenceUsage:  true,
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func snitch() {
 	}
 
 	// Detecting runtime
-	runtime, socket, nriSocket := runtimepkg.DetectRuntimeViaMap(PathPrefix, o.Runtime, SocketFile, *Logger)
+	runtime, socket, nriSocket := runtimepkg.DetectRuntimeViaMap(PathPrefix, o.Runtime, SocketFile, *Logger, K8sClient)
 	if runtime != "NA" {
 		Logger.Infof("Detected %s as node runtime, runtime socket=%s", runtime, socket)
 	} else {

pkg/KubeArmorOperator/go.mod

@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ replace (
 	github.com/kubearmor/KubeArmor/KubeArmor => ../../KubeArmor
 	github.com/kubearmor/KubeArmor/deployments => ../../deployments
 	github.com/kubearmor/KubeArmor/pkg/KubeArmorController => ../KubeArmorController
+	k8s.io/cri-api => k8s.io/cri-api v0.25.16
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 v2.1.5
+	github.com/docker/docker v28.4.0+incompatible
 	github.com/kubearmor/KubeArmor/KubeArmor v0.0.0-20250701060635-600e11526ec1
-	github.com/kubearmor/KubeArmor/deployments v0.0.0-20250701060635-600e11526ec1
+	github.com/kubearmor/KubeArmor/deployments v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/kubearmor/KubeArmor/pkg/KubeArmorController v0.0.0-20250701060635-600e11526ec1
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1
@@ -75,8 +78,11 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/containerd/plugin v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containers/storage v1.59.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.5.1 // indirect
+	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag/cmdutils v0.24.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag/conv v0.24.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag/fileutils v0.24.0 // indirect
@@ -89,6 +95,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag/typeutils v0.24.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag/yamlutils v0.24.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kubearmor/KubeArmor/protobuf v0.0.0-20250916032022-5864f940ceca // indirect
+	github.com/moby/docker-image-spec v1.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/moby/sys/atomicwriter v0.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/morikuni/aec v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0 // indirect
 )

pkg/KubeArmorOperator/go.sum

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@@ -251,6 +280,10 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.63.0 h1:RbKq8BG
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.63.0/go.mod h1:h06DGIukJOevXaj/xrNjhi/2098RZzcLTbc0jDAUbsg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.38.0 h1:RkfdswUDRimDg0m2Az18RKOsnI8UDzppJAtj01/Ymk8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.38.0/go.mod h1:zcmtmQ1+YmQM9wrNsTGV/q/uyusom3P8RxwExxkZhjM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.35.0 h1:1fTNlAIJZGWLP5FVu0fikVry1IsiUnXjf7QFvoNN3Xw=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.35.0/go.mod h1:zjPK58DtkqQFn+YUMbx0M2XV3QgKU0gS9LeGohREyK4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.35.0 h1:xJ2qHD0C1BeYVTLLR9sX12+Qb95kfeD/byKj6Ky1pXg=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.35.0/go.mod h1:u5BF1xyjstDowA1R5QAO9JHzqK+ublenEW/dyqTjBVk=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.38.0 h1:Kl6lzIYGAh5M159u9NgiRkmoMKjvbsKtYRwgfrA6WpA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.38.0/go.mod h1:kB5n/QoRM8YwmUahxvI3bO34eVtQf2i4utNVLr9gEmI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.38.0 h1:l48sr5YbNf2hpCUj/FoGhW9yDkl+Ma+LrVl8qaM5b+E=
@@ -259,6 +292,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.38.0 h1:aSH66iL0aZqo//xXzQLYozmWrXxyFkBJ6
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.38.0/go.mod h1:dg9PBnW9XdQ1Hd6ZnRz689CbtrUp0wMMs9iPcgT9EZA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.38.0 h1:Fxk5bKrDZJUH+AMyyIXGcFAPah0oRcT+LuNtJrmcNLE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.38.0/go.mod h1:j1P9ivuFsTceSWe1oY+EeW3sc+Pp42sO++GHkg4wwhs=
+go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.5.0 h1:xJvq7gMzB31/d406fB8U5CBdyQGw4P399D1aQWU/3i4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.5.0/go.mod h1:keN8WnHxOy8PG0rQZjJJ5A2ebUoafqWp0eVQ4yIXvJ4=
 go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.6.0 h1:O3y2/QNTOdbF+e/dpXNNW7Rx2hZ4sTIPyybbxyNqTUs=
 go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ifeIMSnPZuznNm6jmdzmU3/bfk01Fe2fotchwEFJ8r8=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
@@ -339,6 +374,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20190819201941-24fa4b261c55/go.mod h1:DMBHOl98
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20200526211855-cb27e3aa2013/go.mod h1:NbSheEEYHJ7i3ixzK3sjbqSGDJWnxyFXZblF3eUsNvo=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20250908214217-97024824d090 h1:ywCL7vA2n3vVHyf+bx1ZV/knaTPRI8GIeKY0MEhEeOc=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20250908214217-97024824d090/go.mod h1:zwJI9HzbJJlw2KXy0wX+lmT2JuZoaKK9JC4ppqmxxjk=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250826171959-ef028d996bc1 h1:APHvLLYBhtZvsbnpkfknDZ7NyH4z5+ub/I0u8L3Oz6g=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250826171959-ef028d996bc1/go.mod h1:xUjFWUnWDpZ/C0Gu0qloASKFb6f8/QXiiXhSPFsD668=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250908214217-97024824d090 h1:/OQuEa4YWtDt7uQWHd3q3sUMb+QOLQUg1xa8CEsRv5w=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250908214217-97024824d090/go.mod h1:GmFNa4BdJZ2a8G+wCe9Bg3wwThLrJun751XstdJt5Og=
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@@ -369,6 +406,8 @@ gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:cWUDdTG/fYaXco+Dcufb5Vnc6Gp2YChqWtbxRZE0mXw=
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+gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2 h1:7koQfIKdy+I8UTetycgUqXWSDwpgv193Ka+qRsmBY8Q=
+gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2/go.mod h1:LtdLGcnqToBH83WByAAi/wiwSFCArdFIUV/xxN4pcjA=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
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@@ -379,8 +418,8 @@ k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.1 h1:dTlxFls/eikpJxmAC7MVE8oOeP1zryV7iRyIjB0gky4=
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 k8s.io/client-go v0.34.1 h1:ZUPJKgXsnKwVwmKKdPfw4tB58+7/Ik3CrjOEhsiZ7mY=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.34.1/go.mod h1:kA8v0FP+tk6sZA0yKLRG67LWjqufAoSHA2xVGKw9Of8=
-k8s.io/cri-api v0.34.1 h1:n2bU++FqqJq0CNjP/5pkOs0nIx7aNpb1Xa053TecQkM=
-k8s.io/cri-api v0.34.1/go.mod h1:4qVUjidMg7/Z9YGZpqIDygbkPWkg3mkS1PvOx/kpHTE=
+k8s.io/cri-api v0.25.16 h1:NSa4jRRP8zvEKBVfnWvMEaemvAsMXw5UQkLPQCRa2cc=
+k8s.io/cri-api v0.25.16/go.mod h1:0vfZsZhEs3LoY5Lqm6Zgx43M633ToNlTUtEQc+VvXhw=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912 h1:Y3gxNAuB0OBLImH611+UDZcmKS3g6CthxToOb37KgwE=

pkg/KubeArmorOperator/internal/controller/resources.go

@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ func genSnitchRole() *rbacv1.ClusterRole {
 				},
 				Resources: []string{
 					"nodes",
+					"pods",
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -356,6 +357,18 @@ func deploySnitch(nodename string, runtime string) *batchv1.Job {
 								Name:  "KUBEARMOR_OCI_HOOKS",
 								Value: strconv.FormatBool(common.EnableOCIHooks),
 							},
+							{
+								Name: "POD_NAME",
+								ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{FieldRef: &corev1.ObjectFieldSelector{
+									FieldPath: "metadata.name",
+								}},
+							},
+							{
+								Name: "POD_NAMESPACE",
+								ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{FieldRef: &corev1.ObjectFieldSelector{
+									FieldPath: "metadata.namespace",
+								}},
+							},
 						},
 						ImagePullPolicy: corev1.PullIfNotPresent,
 						VolumeMounts: []corev1.VolumeMount{