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Description of problem:
When trying to execute dracut as a service, we can see ldconfig fails due to not being able to read/write files from dracut's temporary directory used as its chroot.
This happens while "ldconfig -r /var/tmp/dracut..." is executed:
/usr/sbin/dracut:
-------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------
1543 if ! ldconfig -r "$initdir"; then
1544 if [[ $UID = 0 ]]; then
1545 derror "ldconfig exited ungracefully"
1546 else
1547 derror "ldconfig might need uid=0 (root) for chroot()"
1548 fi
1549 fi
-------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------
It appears that the policy is missing many rules to allow this (and IMHO this should be allowed, it's perfectly legit to rebuild automatically the initramfs based on some custom trigger):
-------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------
module my-ldconfig 1.0;
require {
type hostname_t;
type initrc_tmp_t;
type ldconfig_t;
class fifo_file write;
class lnk_file { getattr unlink create };
class file { create rename setattr unlink };
class dir { add_name remove_name read write };
}
#============= hostname_t ==============
allow hostname_t initrc_tmp_t:fifo_file write;
#============= ldconfig_t ==============
allow ldconfig_t initrc_tmp_t:dir { add_name remove_name read write };
allow ldconfig_t initrc_tmp_t:file { create rename setattr unlink };
allow ldconfig_t initrc_tmp_t:fifo_file write;
allow ldconfig_t initrc_tmp_t:lnk_file { getattr unlink create };
-------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------
Note that the "hostname_t" rule is needed for giving back the hostname to ldconfig.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
All, up to latest RHEL7 selinux-policy-3.13.1-252.el7.1.noarch
How reproducible:
Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a service calling dracut
# cat > /etc/systemd/system/dracut.service << EOF
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "dracut -f /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)"
EOF
# systemctl daemon-reload
2. Execute the service
# systemctl start dracut
Actual results:
AVCs
Expected results:
No AVC
Lowering down Severity/Priority because the issue appears somehow harmless (an error message is printed but the initramfs seems to work, even through there is no "etc/ld.so.cache" file created in the initramfs).
This issue was not selected to be included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 because it is seen either as low or moderate impact to a small number of use-cases. The next minor release will be in Maintenance Support 1 Phase, which means that qualified Critical and Important Security errata advisories (RHSAs) and Urgent Priority Bug Fix errata advisories (RHBAs) may be released as they become available.
We will now close this issue, but if you believe that it qualifies for the Maintenance Support 1 Phase, please re-open; otherwise, we recommend moving the request to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 if applicable.
Description of problem: When trying to execute dracut as a service, we can see ldconfig fails due to not being able to read/write files from dracut's temporary directory used as its chroot. This happens while "ldconfig -r /var/tmp/dracut..." is executed: /usr/sbin/dracut: -------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< -------- 1543 if ! ldconfig -r "$initdir"; then 1544 if [[ $UID = 0 ]]; then 1545 derror "ldconfig exited ungracefully" 1546 else 1547 derror "ldconfig might need uid=0 (root) for chroot()" 1548 fi 1549 fi -------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< -------- It appears that the policy is missing many rules to allow this (and IMHO this should be allowed, it's perfectly legit to rebuild automatically the initramfs based on some custom trigger): -------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< -------- module my-ldconfig 1.0; require { type hostname_t; type initrc_tmp_t; type ldconfig_t; class fifo_file write; class lnk_file { getattr unlink create }; class file { create rename setattr unlink }; class dir { add_name remove_name read write }; } #============= hostname_t ============== allow hostname_t initrc_tmp_t:fifo_file write; #============= ldconfig_t ============== allow ldconfig_t initrc_tmp_t:dir { add_name remove_name read write }; allow ldconfig_t initrc_tmp_t:file { create rename setattr unlink }; allow ldconfig_t initrc_tmp_t:fifo_file write; allow ldconfig_t initrc_tmp_t:lnk_file { getattr unlink create }; -------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< -------- Note that the "hostname_t" rule is needed for giving back the hostname to ldconfig. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): All, up to latest RHEL7 selinux-policy-3.13.1-252.el7.1.noarch How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a service calling dracut # cat > /etc/systemd/system/dracut.service << EOF [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "dracut -f /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)" EOF # systemctl daemon-reload 2. Execute the service # systemctl start dracut Actual results: AVCs Expected results: No AVC