Bug 1140874 - systemd-sysctl lacking sys_rawio capability access
Summary: systemd-sysctl lacking sys_rawio capability access
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: selinux-policy-targeted
Version: 20
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Lukas Vrabec
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-09-11 22:12 UTC by Victor J. Orlikowski
Modified: 2015-03-10 00:56 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: selinux-policy-3.12.1-197.fc20
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-03-10 00:56:08 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Victor J. Orlikowski 2014-09-11 22:12:53 UTC
Description of problem:
systemd-sysctl lacks adequate allowances in selinux-targeted-policy for it to do its job.

systemctl --failed shows it to have failed; checking the audit log, we see that it failed as a result of lacking access to the "sys_rawio" capability.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
selinux-policy-targeted-3.12.1-183.fc20.noarch

How reproducible:
systemctl restart systemd-sysctl on a Fedora 20 system having kernel kernel-3.15.10-201.fc20.x86_64 and custom sysctl values in a file under /etc/sysctl.d

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Ensure that you have a set of custom sysctl values in a file under /etc/sysctl.d
2. Run systemctl restart systemd-sysctl
3. Note that systemd-sysctl will appear to have failed. Audit log will show that this is due to sys_rawio capability being missing.

Using audit2allow to add the following module:
module systemd-sysctl-fix 1.0;

require {
        type systemd_sysctl_t;
        class capability sys_rawio;
}

#============= systemd_sysctl_t ==============
allow systemd_sysctl_t self:capability sys_rawio;

resolves the issue.

Actual results:
systemd-sysctl unable to apply custom sysctl values.


Expected results:
systemd-sysctl should run successfully.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2015-01-03 16:02:34 UTC
3a53153ea9fc831048aa63612c725f9b367712f0 fixes this in git.

Comment 2 Lukas Vrabec 2015-01-16 12:44:44 UTC
commit 5f74d9a64ee8df94953e6d4b2528c50f62f1b864
Author: Dan Walsh <dwalsh>
Date:   Sat Jan 3 11:01:58 2015 -0500

    systemd_sysctl needs to have sys_rawio

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2015-01-27 16:57:00 UTC
selinux-policy-3.12.1-197.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.12.1-197.fc20

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2015-01-30 04:41:54 UTC
Package selinux-policy-3.12.1-197.fc20:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing selinux-policy-3.12.1-197.fc20'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-1398/selinux-policy-3.12.1-197.fc20
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2015-03-10 00:56:08 UTC
selinux-policy-3.12.1-197.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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