Bug 1564498

Summary: User asked for private key decryption password even though the key is not encrypted
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Mirek Svoboda <goodmirek>
Component: selinux-policyAssignee: Pavel Šimerda <code>
Status: CLOSED EOL QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 28CC: code, dwalsh, ferraro_lucas, goodmirek, lkundrak, lvrabec, plautrba
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Description Mirek Svoboda 2018-04-06 13:02:56 UTC
Created attachment 1418127 [details]
The GUI dialog asking for a password

Description of problem:
Private keys for IPsec VPN are not encrypted. NetworkManager is used together with Strongswan for connecting to IPsec VPN, connection is initiated via Gnome GUI. In FC27, it works without any issue. After upgrade to FC28 beta (updated to be up-to-date) the IPsec VPN connection cannot be initiated via GUI any longer, as GUI shows a dialog requiring entry of a private key decryption password. See attached screenshot for the dialog.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-strongswan-1.4.3-1.fc28.x86_64
strongswan-charon-nm-5.6.2-2.fc28.x86_64
NetworkManager-strongswan-gnome-1.4.3-1.fc28.x86_64
strongswan-5.6.2-2.fc28.x86_64
gnome-shell-3.28.0-1.fc28.x86_64

How reproducible:
Initiate IPsec VPN connection from Gnome GUI, using unencrypted private key.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install FC28 beta and run dnf update
2. Define IPsec VPN connection using Gnome GUI, use certificate only authentication with unencrypted private key
3. Attempt to connect the VPN

Actual results:
Dialog is displayed, which does not allow to enter an empty password and proceed with connection.

Expected results:
No dialog is displayed and connection is established, like in FC27.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Mirek Svoboda 2018-04-06 13:08:08 UTC
Created attachment 1418129 [details]
Related log

Comment 2 Mirek Svoboda 2018-04-06 13:08:45 UTC
Created attachment 1418131 [details]
custom selinux policy fixing the issue

Comment 3 Mirek Svoboda 2018-04-06 13:08:58 UTC
According to journal, the issue is caused by selinux. See the attached log excerpt. Applying custom policy fixes the issue, the policy is attached too.

Comment 4 Mirek Svoboda 2018-04-06 13:11:09 UTC
Update of Expected behavior: Additionally, expected behavior is to display "access denied" or a similar reasonable error, instead of password dialog.

Comment 5 Ben Cotton 2019-05-02 19:35:09 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora 28 is nearing its end of life.
On 2019-May-28 Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for
Fedora 28. It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases
that are no longer maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as
EOL if it remains open with a Fedora 'version' of '28'.

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Comment 6 Ben Cotton 2019-05-29 00:01:07 UTC
Fedora 28 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2019-05-28. Fedora 28 is
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

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Comment 7 Lucas 2023-07-03 19:56:33 UTC
I have the same problem on Fedora 38. I was wondering if there is any easier solution than SELinux policy?