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Bug 1657394 - rpm creates new files as unconfined_u instead of system_u
Summary: rpm creates new files as unconfined_u instead of system_u
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
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
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Assignee: Lukas Vrabec
QA Contact: Milos Malik
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-12-07 21:24 UTC by Chris Cheney
Modified: 2019-08-08 02:58 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2019-04-26 07:43:31 UTC
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Description Chris Cheney 2018-12-07 21:24:43 UTC 
Description of problem:

   When installing packages files that get created are created with selinux
   unconfined_u instead of system_u.

   This appears to also happen on older versions of RHEL.

How reproducible:

   This is easy to reproduce with shared-mime-info which is a
   package which creates files during install.

Steps to Reproduce:

   yum reinstall shared-mime-info
   ls -lZ /usr/share/mime

Actual results:

   files are created as unconfined_u:object_r:usr_t:s0

Expected results:

   files should be created as system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0
Comment 2 Panu Matilainen 2018-12-10 09:17:05 UTC 
These are unowned files that are created when running update-mime-database from %post, rpm is not involved in their creation or context setting.

Note that restorecon doesn't do anything about the unconfined_u either, so if it's supposed to be something else then it seems like a selinux-policy issue to me:

[root@zoo ~]# ls -lZ /usr/share/mime/types 
-rw-r--r--. root root unconfined_u:object_r:usr_t:s0   /usr/share/mime/types
[root@zoo ~]# restorecon -v /usr/share/mime/types 
[root@zoo ~]# ls -lZ /usr/share/mime/types 
-rw-r--r--. root root unconfined_u:object_r:usr_t:s0   /usr/share/mime/types
Comment 3 Zdenek Pytela 2019-02-28 18:57:24 UTC 
This issue was not selected to be included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 because it is seen either as low or moderate impact to a small number of use-cases. The next release will be in Maintenance Support 1 Phase, which means that qualified Critical and Important Security errata advisories (RHSAs) and Urgent Priority Bug Fix errata advisories (RHBAs) may be released as they become available.

We will now close this issue, but if you believe that it qualifies for the Maintenance Support 1 Phase, please re-open; otherwise, we recommend moving the request to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 if applicable.
Comment 7 Zdenek Pytela 2019-03-01 12:25:20 UTC 
Hi,

If file is created by a process running in unconfined_t domain like a login shell:

  # id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) context=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023

the user part of the context of the file is also unconfined_u. To restore all the parts of the context, restorecon with the -F switch should be run - see restorecon(8):  

       -F     Force  reset  of  context to match file_context for customizable files, and the
              default file context, changing the user, role, range portion  as  well  as  the
              type.

  # ls -lZ /usr/share/mime/icons
-rw-r--r--. root root system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0       /usr/share/mime/iconsicons
  # yum reinstall shared-mime-info
...
  # ls -lZ /usr/share/mime/icons
-rw-r--r--. root root unconfined_u:object_r:usr_t:s0   /usr/share/mime/icon
  # restorecon -FRv /usr/share/mime
...
  # ls -lZ /usr/share/mime/icons
-rw-r--r--. root root system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0       /usr/share/mime/icons

Could you please elaborate on what exactly is the security concern?
Comment 12 Zdenek Pytela 2019-04-26 07:43:31 UTC 
Based on the latest development, closing as NOTABUG. Feel free to reopen the bugzilla or create a new one if the issue persists.
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