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Bug 2098130

Summary: SELinux prevents the keepalived process from reading the /sys/devices/system/cpu/ directory
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Reporter: Phil Randal <phil.randal>
Component: selinux-policyAssignee: Zdenek Pytela <zpytela>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Milos Malik <mmalik>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 9.0CC: bperkins, lvrabec, mmalik, nknazeko, rohara, ssekidde
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Triaged
Target Release: 9.1Flags: pm-rhel: mirror+
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: selinux-policy-34.1.38-1.el9 Doc Type: No Doc Update
Doc Text:
Story Points: ---
Clone Of:
: 2098189 (view as bug list) Environment:
Last Closed: 2022-11-15 11:13:54 UTC Type: Bug
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oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Description Phil Randal 2022-06-17 11:13:44 UTC 
Description of problem:

When keepalived is configured with vrrp_track_process it blocks:

"SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/keepalived from read access on the directory cpu"

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

selinux-policy-targeted-34.1.29-1.el9_0.noarch

How reproducible:

Always with vrrp_track_process specified

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Include the following in /etc/keepalived.conf and start/restart keepalived

vrrp_track_process track_haproxy {
   process haproxy
   quorum 1
   delay 2
   weight 2
}



Actual results:
Audit message:

type=AVC msg=audit(1655463371.358:560): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=49217 comm="keepalived" name="cpu" dev="sysfs" ino=39 scontext=system_u:system_r:keepalived_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0 tclass=dir permissive=0


Expected results:

Access to be allowed

Additional info:

$ sealert -l 39724f30-9243-4b87-98c7-7cbab2fb8745
SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/keepalived from read access on the directory cpu.

*****  Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests   **************************

If you believe that keepalived should be allowed read access on the cpu directory by default.
Then you should report this as a bug.
You can generate a local policy module to allow this access.
Do
allow this access for now by executing:
# ausearch -c 'keepalived' --raw | audit2allow -M my-keepalived
# semodule -X 300 -i my-keepalived.pp


Additional Information:
Source Context                system_u:system_r:keepalived_t:s0
Target Context                system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0
Target Objects                cpu [ dir ]
Source                        keepalived
Source Path                   /usr/sbin/keepalived
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          xxxx
Source RPM Packages           keepalived-2.2.4-2.el9.x86_64
Target RPM Packages
SELinux Policy RPM            selinux-policy-targeted-34.1.29-1.el9_0.noarch
Local Policy RPM              selinux-policy-targeted-34.1.29-1.el9_0.noarch
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing


Raw Audit Messages

type=AVC msg=audit(1655463371.358:560): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=49217 comm="keepalived" name="cpu" dev="sysfs" ino=39 scontext=system_u:system_r:keepalived_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0 tclass=dir permissive=0


type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1655463371.358:560): arch=x86_64 syscall=openat success=no exit=EACCES a0=ffffff9c a1=7f688a001c3f a2=90800 a3=0 items=0 ppid=49216 pid=49217 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm=keepalived exe=/usr/sbin/keepalived subj=system_u:system_r:keepalived_t:s0 key=(null)

Hash: keepalived,keepalived_t,sysfs_t,dir,read
Comment 1 Milos Malik 2022-06-17 12:19:47 UTC 
The following SELinux denial appears in enforcing mode:
----
type=PROCTITLE msg=audit(06/17/2022 08:17:29.609:334) : proctitle=/usr/sbin/keepalived --dont-fork -D 
type=PATH msg=audit(06/17/2022 08:17:29.609:334) : item=0 name=/sys/devices/system/cpu inode=39 dev=00:16 mode=dir,755 ouid=root ogid=root rdev=00:00 obj=system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0 nametype=NORMAL cap_fp=none cap_fi=none cap_fe=0 cap_fver=0 cap_frootid=0 
type=CWD msg=audit(06/17/2022 08:17:29.609:334) : cwd=/ 
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(06/17/2022 08:17:29.609:334) : arch=x86_64 syscall=openat success=no exit=EACCES(Permission denied) a0=AT_FDCWD a1=0x7f9af5bf9c3f a2=O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC a3=0x0 items=1 ppid=4413 pid=4415 auid=unset uid=root gid=root euid=root suid=root fsuid=root egid=root sgid=root fsgid=root tty=(none) ses=unset comm=keepalived exe=/usr/sbin/keepalived subj=system_u:system_r:keepalived_t:s0 key=(null) 
type=AVC msg=audit(06/17/2022 08:17:29.609:334) : avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=4415 comm=keepalived name=cpu dev="sysfs" ino=39 scontext=system_u:system_r:keepalived_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0 tclass=dir permissive=0 
----

# rpm -qa selinux\* keepalived\* | sort
keepalived-2.2.4-2.el9.x86_64
selinux-policy-34.1.34-1.el9.noarch
selinux-policy-targeted-34.1.34-1.el9.noarch
#
Comment 2 Milos Malik 2022-06-17 12:22:05 UTC 
The following SELinux denial appears in permissive mode:
----
type=PROCTITLE msg=audit(06/17/2022 08:19:59.448:341) : proctitle=/usr/sbin/keepalived --dont-fork -D 
type=PATH msg=audit(06/17/2022 08:19:59.448:341) : item=0 name=/sys/devices/system/cpu inode=39 dev=00:16 mode=dir,755 ouid=root ogid=root rdev=00:00 obj=system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0 nametype=NORMAL cap_fp=none cap_fi=none cap_fe=0 cap_fver=0 cap_frootid=0 
type=CWD msg=audit(06/17/2022 08:19:59.448:341) : cwd=/ 
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(06/17/2022 08:19:59.448:341) : arch=x86_64 syscall=openat success=yes exit=12 a0=AT_FDCWD a1=0x7ff4be2afc3f a2=O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC a3=0x0 items=1 ppid=4449 pid=4451 auid=unset uid=root gid=root euid=root suid=root fsuid=root egid=root sgid=root fsgid=root tty=(none) ses=unset comm=keepalived exe=/usr/sbin/keepalived subj=system_u:system_r:keepalived_t:s0 key=(null) 
type=AVC msg=audit(06/17/2022 08:19:59.448:341) : avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=4451 comm=keepalived name=cpu dev="sysfs" ino=39 scontext=system_u:system_r:keepalived_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0 tclass=dir permissive=1 
----

# ls -ldZ /sys/devices/system/cpu
drwxr-xr-x. 9 root root system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0 0 Jun 17 04:18 /sys/devices/system/cpu
# ls -lZ /sys/devices/system/cpu
total 0
drwxr-xr-x. 6 root root system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0         0 Jun 17 04:18 cpu0
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0         0 Jun 17 04:18 cpufreq
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0         0 Jun 17 04:18 cpuidle
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0         0 Jun 17 04:18 hotplug
-r--r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0      4096 Jun 17 04:18 isolated
-r--r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0      4096 Jun 17 04:18 kernel_max
-r--r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0      4096 Jun 17 04:18 modalias
-r--r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0      4096 Jun 17 04:18 nohz_full
-r--r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0      4096 Jun 17 04:18 offline
-r--r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:cpu_online_t:s0 4096 Jun 17 04:18 online
-r--r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0      4096 Jun 17 04:18 possible
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0         0 Jun 17 04:18 power
-r--r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0      4096 Jun 17 04:18 present
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0         0 Jun 17 04:18 smt
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0      4096 Jun 17 04:18 uevent
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root system_u:object_r:sysfs_t:s0         0 Jun 17 04:18 vulnerabilities
#
Comment 3 Milos Malik 2022-06-17 12:29:01 UTC 
The same issue is reproducible on RHEL-8.
Comment 4 Milos Malik 2022-06-17 14:20:36 UTC 
Here is the RHEL-8 clone of this BZ:
 * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2098189
Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-15 11:13:54 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 (selinux-policy bug fix and enhancement update), 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-2022:8283