Bug 1365947

Summary: systemd-initctl runs as init_t
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Milos Malik <mmalik>
Component: selinux-policyAssignee: Lukas Vrabec <lvrabec>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Milos Malik <mmalik>
Severity: medium Docs Contact: Mirek Jahoda <mjahoda>
Priority: high    
Version: 7.3CC: lvrabec, mgrepl, mmalik, plautrba, pvrabec, ssekidde
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Description Milos Malik 2016-08-10 14:52:04 UTC
Description of problem:
* the systemd-initctl service is not confined, should it be confined?

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
selinux-policy-3.13.1-93.el7.noarch
selinux-policy-devel-3.13.1-93.el7.noarch
selinux-policy-doc-3.13.1-93.el7.noarch
selinux-policy-minimum-3.13.1-93.el7.noarch
selinux-policy-mls-3.13.1-93.el7.noarch
selinux-policy-sandbox-3.13.1-93.el7.noarch
selinux-policy-targeted-3.13.1-93.el7.noarch
systemd-219-25.el7.x86_64
systemd-devel-219-25.el7.x86_64
systemd-journal-gateway-219-25.el7.x86_64
systemd-libs-219-25.el7.x86_64
systemd-networkd-219-25.el7.x86_64
systemd-python-219-25.el7.x86_64
systemd-resolved-219-25.el7.x86_64
systemd-sysv-219-25.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
* always

Steps to Reproduce:
# service systemd-initctl status
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status  systemd-initctl.service
● systemd-initctl.service - /dev/initctl Compatibility Daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-initctl.service; static; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: inactive (dead)
     Docs: man:systemd-initctl.service(8)
# service systemd-initctl start
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start  systemd-initctl.service
# service systemd-initctl status
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status  systemd-initctl.service
● systemd-initctl.service - /dev/initctl Compatibility Daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-initctl.service; static; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2016-08-10 16:47:02 CEST; 1s ago
     Docs: man:systemd-initctl.service(8)
 Main PID: 11091 (systemd-initctl)
   Status: "Processing requests..."
   CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-initctl.service
           └─11091 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-initctl

Aug 10 16:47:02 rhel71.localdomain systemd[1]: Started /dev/initctl Compatib....
Aug 10 16:47:02 rhel71.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting /dev/initctl Compati....
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
# ps -efZ | grep initctl
system_u:system_r:init_t:s0     root     11091     1  0 16:47 ?        00:00:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-initctl
unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 root 11125 11150  0 16:47 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto initctl
#

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 15:12:40 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:1861