Bug 121117 - Single-user shell should run as sysadm_r, not system_r
Summary: Single-user shell should run as sysadm_r, not system_r
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: selinux-policy-strict
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Daniel Walsh
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Blocks: FC2Target FC3Target
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Reported: 2004-04-17 15:16 UTC by Aleksey Nogin
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-10-12 13:53:03 UTC
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Description Aleksey Nogin 2004-04-17 15:16:42 UTC
Because the single-user shell in running as system_r, not as sysadm_r,
 many things (including su, sudo and mail) fail to work (avc messages
below). It seems that running an interactive shell as system_r is
wrong in the first place, and it should be sysadm_r instead.

audit(1082188457.323:0): security_compute_sid:  invalid context
system_u:system_r:sysadm_mail_t for
scontext=system_u:system_r:sysadm_t
tcontext=system_u:object_r:sendmail_exec_t tclass=process
audit(1082188479.788:0): security_compute_sid:  invalid context
system_u:system_r:newrole_t for scontext=system_u:system_r:sysadm_t
tcontext=system_u:object_r:newrole_exec_t tclass=process
audit(1082188495.235:0): security_compute_sid:  invalid context
system_u:system_r:sysadm_sudo_t for
scontext=system_u:system_r:sysadm_t
tcontext=system_u:object_r:sudo_exec_t tclass=process
audit(1082189175.512:0): security_compute_sid:  invalid context
system_u:system_r:sysadm_chkpwd_t for
scontext=system_u:system_r:sysadm_su_t
tcontext=system_u:object_r:chkpwd_exec_t tclass=process

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2004-10-11 19:18:07 UTC
This is a policy bug. Is this strict or targeted policy?

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2004-10-11 19:21:44 UTC
Also, does it still occur - this *looks* to be fixed in the current
strict policy.

Comment 3 Aleksey Nogin 2004-10-11 19:25:58 UTC
> Is this strict or targeted policy?

This was before the policy was split.

> Also, does it still occur

I am still running FC2, so I do not know.

Comment 4 Daniel Walsh 2004-10-12 13:53:03 UTC
I am marking this as fixed in Rawhide.


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