Bug 2183752 - SELinux is preventing plymouthd from 'read' accesses on the file stat.
Summary: SELinux is preventing plymouthd from 'read' accesses on the file stat.
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: selinux-policy
Version: 38
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Unspecified
medium
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Zdenek Pytela
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: abrt_hash:f9c692f2853e907b78b1e7f34b4...
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-04-01 18:43 UTC by Matt Fagnani
Modified: 2023-05-31 17:32 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: selinux-policy-38.15-1.fc38
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Last Closed: 2023-05-31 17:32:09 UTC
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File: os_info (721 bytes, text/plain)
2023-04-01 18:43 UTC, Matt Fagnani
no flags Details
File: description (1.83 KB, text/plain)
2023-04-01 18:43 UTC, Matt Fagnani
no flags Details


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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Github fedora-selinux selinux-policy pull 1678 0 None open Allow plymouthd read init process state 2023-05-09 17:57:10 UTC

Description Matt Fagnani 2023-04-01 18:43:49 UTC
Description of problem:
I booted a Fedora 38 KDE Plasma installation with plymouth.debug=stream:/dev/null added to the 6.2.9 kernel command line as suggested by Hans de Goede at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2183743 to troubleshoot a problem with the boot splash screen showing a theme with three dots instead of the selected Spinner theme. plymouthd was denied reading cmdline repeatedly on each of a few boots with plymouth.debug=stream:/dev/null on the kernel command line.
type=AVC msg=audit(1680373014.556:258): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=382 comm="plymouthd" name="stat" dev="proc" ino=20331 scontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 tclass=file permissive=0

The denials didn't happen without that added to the kernel command line. I'm using the targeted policy from selinux-policy-38.9-1.fc38.noarch in enforcing mode. Hans mentioned denials like this at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1945585#c2

SELinux is preventing plymouthd from 'read' accesses on the file stat.

*****  Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests   **************************

If you believe that plymouthd should be allowed read access on the stat file by default.
Then you should report this as a bug.
You can generate a local policy module to allow this access.
Do
allow this access for now by executing:
# ausearch -c 'plymouthd' --raw | audit2allow -M my-plymouthd
# semodule -X 300 -i my-plymouthd.pp

Additional Information:
Source Context                system_u:system_r:kernel_t:s0
Target Context                system_u:system_r:init_t:s0
Target Objects                stat [ file ]
Source                        plymouthd
Source Path                   plymouthd
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           
Target RPM Packages           
SELinux Policy RPM            selinux-policy-targeted-38.9-1.fc38.noarch
Local Policy RPM              selinux-policy-targeted-38.9-1.fc38.noarch
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed) 6.2.9-300.fc38.x86_64 #1 SMP
                              PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Mar 30 22:32:58 UTC 2023
                              x86_64
Alert Count                   34
First Seen                    2023-04-01 14:16:52 EDT
Last Seen                     2023-04-01 14:16:54 EDT
Local ID                      12533528-3d83-4080-af55-597e0c2c9a22

Raw Audit Messages
type=AVC msg=audit(1680373014.556:258): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=382 comm="plymouthd" name="stat" dev="proc" ino=20331 scontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 tclass=file permissive=0


Hash: plymouthd,kernel_t,init_t,file,read

Version-Release number of selected component:
selinux-policy-targeted-38.9-1.fc38.noarch

Additional info:
reporter:       libreport-2.17.9
hashmarkername: setroubleshoot
type:           libreport
kernel:         6.2.9-300.fc38.x86_64
component:      selinux-policy
package:        selinux-policy-targeted-38.9-1.fc38.noarch
reason:         SELinux is preventing plymouthd from 'read' accesses on the file stat.
component:      selinux-policy

Comment 1 Matt Fagnani 2023-04-01 18:43:51 UTC
Created attachment 1955108 [details]
File: os_info

Comment 2 Matt Fagnani 2023-04-01 18:43:53 UTC
Created attachment 1955109 [details]
File: description

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2023-05-30 19:31:29 UTC
FEDORA-2023-a19eb5132c has been submitted as an update to Fedora 38. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-a19eb5132c

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2023-05-31 02:50:39 UTC
FEDORA-2023-a19eb5132c has been pushed to the Fedora 38 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2023-a19eb5132c`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-a19eb5132c

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2023-05-31 17:32:09 UTC
FEDORA-2023-a19eb5132c has been pushed to the Fedora 38 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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