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Bug 1551568 - Cannot execute mdadm when policy is MLS
Summary: Cannot execute mdadm when policy is MLS
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: selinux-policy
Version: 7.6
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Lukas Vrabec
QA Contact: Milos Malik
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 1551569
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-03-05 12:30 UTC by Renaud Métrich
Modified: 2021-06-10 15:03 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: selinux-policy-3.13.1-197.el7
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Clone Of:
: 1551569 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2018-10-30 10:03:08 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2018:3111 0 None None None 2018-10-30 10:03:47 UTC

Description Renaud Métrich 2018-03-05 12:30:23 UTC 
Description of problem:

Upon switching to MLS policy, the sysadm_r user (e.g. root) cannot execute mdadm, getting the following error:

type=SYSCALL msg=audit(): arch=c000003e syscall=59 success=no exit=-13 a0=1fff930 a1=1ffbee0 a2=2006110 a3=7ffd72116750 items=0 ppid=2877 pid=2893 auid=0 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=tty2 ses=2 comm="bash" exe="/bin/bash" subj=root:sysadm_r:sysadm_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023 key=(null)
type=SELINUX_ERR msg=audit(): op=security_compute_sid invalid_context=root:sysadm_r:mdadm_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023 scontext=root:sysadm_r:sysadm_t:s0-s15:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:mdadm_exec_t:s0 tclass=process

lvrabec++ found root cause, fixed in Fedora: https://github.com/fedora-selinux/selinux-policy/commit/579d1bc8124a2a908d071105458a6f0f4f60e423


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

selinux-policy-mls-3.13.1-166.el7_4.7.noarch


How reproducible:

Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Execute "mdadm" as root user while in MLS enforcing

Actual results:

-bash: /usr/sbin/mdadm: Permission denied


Expected results:

Works
Comment 3 Milos Malik 2018-09-17 16:09:44 UTC 
# id -Z
root:sysadm_r:sysadm_t:s0
# sestatus 
SELinux status:                 enabled
SELinuxfs mount:                /sys/fs/selinux
SELinux root directory:         /etc/selinux
Loaded policy name:             mls
Current mode:                   enforcing
Mode from config file:          enforcing
Policy MLS status:              enabled
Policy deny_unknown status:     denied
Max kernel policy version:      31
# mdadm /dev/vda
/dev/vda: is not an md array
# mdadm
Usage: mdadm --help
  for help
# 

Unfortunately, if the daemons_use_tty boolean is disabled, then mdadm is completely silent:

# setsebool daemons_use_tty off
# mdadm 
# mdadm --help
# mdadm /dev/vda
# 

Either the need to use the boolean is documented or policy needs to be improved.

# rpm -qa selinux\*
selinux-policy-sandbox-3.13.1-226.el7.noarch
selinux-policy-targeted-3.13.1-226.el7.noarch
selinux-policy-doc-3.13.1-226.el7.noarch
selinux-policy-mls-3.13.1-226.el7.noarch
selinux-policy-3.13.1-226.el7.noarch
selinux-policy-devel-3.13.1-226.el7.noarch
#
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 10:03:08 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-2018:3111
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