Using Linux process execution logs, identify the specific command that was used to filter loaded kernel modules for entries containing “vmw.” What was that full command?

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034fe21c-3186-49dd-8d5d-128b35f181c7
Question ID
14/23
Models Correct
1
Valid Answer
61%
Success Rate
Reference Answer

Human-validated correct answer for this question

grep vmw /proc/modules
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ModelAnswerKQL QueryStatusAttemptsTimeCost
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17
grep vmw /proc/modules
DeviceProcessEvents | where ActionType == "ProcessCreated" | where ProcessCommandLine contains "lsmod" and ProcessCommandLine contains "vmw" | distinct ProcessCommandLine
Correct
1
16.47s
0.0066
gpt-35-turbo
lsmod; kmod list; grep vmw /proc/modules
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine contains 'vmw' | summarize Count=count() by ProcessCommandLine | project ProcessCommandLine
Correct
1
2.21s
0.0026
gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09
sudo lsmod | grep -i "vmw_baloon\\|vmxnet"
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine has 'lsmod' and ProcessCommandLine has 'vmw' and (ProcessCommandLine contains 'grep' or ProcessCommandLine contains 'awk') | summarize count() by ProcessCommandLine | order by count_ desc | project ProcessCommandLine
Incorrect
4
54.64s
0.2050
gpt-4.1
grep vmw /proc/modules
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine has_any ('lsmod', 'cat /proc/modules') and ProcessCommandLine has 'grep vmw' | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine | distinct ProcessCommandLine
Correct
1
6.00s
0.0113
gpt-4.1-finetuned
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0438
gpt-4.1-mini
grep vmw /proc/modules
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine contains "lsmod" and ProcessCommandLine contains "vmw" | distinct ProcessCommandLine
Correct
1
4.39s
0.0023
gpt-4.1-nano
grep -i vmware\|virtualbox
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine contains 'vmw' | where ProcessCommandLine matches regex '(grep|cat|awk)' // Filtering commands likely used for filtering kernel modules | project TimeGenerated, ProcessCommandLine | top 1 by TimeGenerated desc
Incorrect
1
2.88s
0.0005
gpt-4o
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0446
gpt-5-high
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.2715
gpt-5-mini-high
grep vmw /proc/modules
DeviceProcessEvents | where tolower(ProcessCommandLine) contains "vmw" // look for common filter/list combos: grep/egrep or lsmod/cat /proc/modules | where tolower(ProcessCommandLine) contains "grep" or tolower(ProcessCommandLine) contains "egrep" or tolower(ProcessCommandLine) contains "lsmod" or tolower(ProcessCommandLine) contains "/proc/modules" or tolower(FileName) contains "grep" | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessAccountName, FileName, ProcessId, ProcessCommandLine | summarize FirstSeen=min(TimeGenerated), LastSeen=max(TimeGenerated), Events=count(), Devices=dcount(DeviceName) by ProcessCommandLine, FileName, InitiatingProcessAccountName | order by LastSeen desc
Correct
1
22.99s
0.0062
gpt-5-mini-low
grep vmw /proc/modules
union isfuzzy=true DeviceProcessEvents, DeviceEvents, DeviceFileEvents | extend cmd = coalesce(tostring(ProcessCommandLine), tostring(InitiatingProcessCommandLine), tostring(InitiatingProcessCommandLine)) | where isnotempty(cmd) // Look for commands that inspect loaded kernel modules and search for "vmw" (case-insensitive) | where tolower(cmd) contains "vmw" and ( tolower(cmd) contains "lsmod" or tolower(cmd) contains "/proc/modules" or tolower(cmd) contains "cat /proc/modules" ) | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessId, InitiatingProcessId = tostring(InitiatingProcessId), cmd | summarize Occurrences = count(), FirstSeen = min(TimeGenerated), LastSeen = max(TimeGenerated) by cmd, DeviceName | order by Occurrences desc, LastSeen desc | limit 100
Correct
1
31.42s
0.0063
gpt-5-mini-medium
grep vmw /proc/modules
union DeviceProcessEvents, DeviceEvents | extend CommandLine = coalesce(ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine) | where isnotempty(CommandLine) // look for cases where a grep/egrep was used to filter kernel modules for "vmw" | where (tolower(CommandLine) contains "grep" or tolower(CommandLine) contains "egrep") and tolower(CommandLine) contains "vmw" and (tolower(CommandLine) contains "lsmod" or tolower(CommandLine) contains "/proc/modules") | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessId, AccountName, CommandLine | sort by TimeGenerated desc | take 100
Correct
1
26.25s
0.0074
gpt-5-nano-high
sh -c "lsmod; kmod list; grep vmw /proc/modules"
DeviceProcessEvents | extend CommandLine = iff(isnotempty(InitiatingProcessCommandLine), InitiatingProcessCommandLine, ProcessCommandLine) // prefer initiating process line, fallback to process line | where CommandLine has "vmw" and CommandLine has "grep" | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, User = InitiatingProcessAccountName, CommandLine | sort by TimeGenerated desc | take 100
Correct
1
34.68s
0.0023
gpt-5-nano-medium
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0072
grok-3-beta
sudo lsmod | grep -i "vmw_baloon\|vmxnet"
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine contains 'lsmod' and ProcessCommandLine contains 'vmw' | project Timestamp, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine | limit 10
Incorrect
1
10.72s
0.0243
grok-3-mini-beta
sh -c "lsmod; kmod list; grep vmw /proc/modules"
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine has "lsmod" and ProcessCommandLine has "grep" and ProcessCommandLine has "vmw" | project ProcessCommandLine | distinct ProcessCommandLine | limit 10
Correct
1
16.45s
0.0016
o1-high
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.6576
o1-low
grep vmw /proc/modules
DeviceProcessEvents | where ActionType == "ProcessCreated" // Optionally filter only Linux devices, if needed, by joining with DeviceInfo: // | join kind=innerunique ( // DeviceInfo // | where OSPlatform == "Linux" // | project DeviceId // ) on DeviceId | where tolower(ProcessCommandLine) has_any ("lsmod","grep vmw","vmw.","cat /proc/modules") or tolower(InitiatingProcessCommandLine) has_any ("lsmod","grep vmw","vmw.","cat /proc/modules") | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | order by TimeGenerated desc
Correct
3
99.40s
0.7621
o3-high
grep vmw /proc/modules
// Substitute your own time picker in the portal – query is time-agnostic otherwise DeviceProcessEvents // (Optional) keep only Linux devices – comment out if not needed | join kind=inner ( DeviceInfo | where OSPlatform == "Linux" | project DeviceId ) on DeviceId // Look for interactive inspection of the list of loaded kernel modules // Typical ways are either “lsmod | grep vmw” or “cat /proc/modules | grep vmw” | where ProcessCommandLine has "grep" and ProcessCommandLine has "vmw" | where ProcessCommandLine has "lsmod" or ProcessCommandLine has "/proc/modules" // Return the full command line that was executed | summarize Executions = count() by DeviceName, AccountName, bin(TimeGenerated, 1h), FullCommand = tostring(ProcessCommandLine) | project Time = TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, FullCommand, Executions | order by Time desc
Correct
1
30.91s
0.0207
o3-mini-high
sh -c "lsmod; kmod list; grep vmw /proc/modules"
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine has "lsmod" and ProcessCommandLine has "grep" and ProcessCommandLine has "vmw" | distinct ProcessCommandLine
Correct
1
21.79s
0.0176
o3-mini-low
sh-c"lsmod;kmodlist;grepvmw/proc/modules"
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine contains "lsmod" and ProcessCommandLine contains "grep" and ProcessCommandLine contains "vmw" | distinct ProcessCommandLine | project ProcessCommandLine
Incorrect
1
28.47s
0.0195
o4-mini-high
sh -c "lsmod; kmod list; grep vmw /proc/modules"
let LinuxDevices = DeviceInfo | where OSPlatform has "Linux" | distinct DeviceId; DeviceProcessEvents | where DeviceId in (LinuxDevices) | where ProcessCommandLine has "lsmod" and ProcessCommandLine has "grep vmw" | project FullCommand = ProcessCommandLine | distinct FullCommand
Correct
3
84.76s
0.0322
o4-mini-low
grep vmw /proc/modules
// 1. Define the time range (the actual window will be set by the client) let StartTime = startofday(ago(7d)); let EndTime = now(); // 2. Identify Linux devices let LinuxDevices = DeviceInfo | where TimeGenerated between (StartTime .. EndTime) | where tolower(OSPlatform) has "linux" | distinct DeviceId; // 3. Search for grep vmw in process command lines union isfuzzy=true DeviceProcessEvents, DeviceEvents | where TimeGenerated between (StartTime .. EndTime) | where DeviceId in (LinuxDevices) | extend FullCommand = coalesce(ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine) | where FullCommand has "grep" and FullCommand has "vmw" | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FullCommand | distinct FullCommand, DeviceName, TimeGenerated | sort by TimeGenerated desc
Correct
5
130.05s
0.0359