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Bug 658291

Summary: SELinux does context calculations even on mount labeled filesystems
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Eric Paris <eparis>
Component: kernelAssignee: Eric Paris <eparis>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Petr Beňas <pbenas>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 6.1CC: eparis, esandeen, kzhang, pbenas, pstehlik
Target Milestone: rc   
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Hardware: Unspecified   
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Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.32-180.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-12-06 12:35:50 UTC Type: ---
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Description Eric Paris 2010-11-29 21:42:56 UTC
It appears that when a new inode is created we call:

security_inode_init_security()
  selinux_inode_init_security()
    security_transition_sid()
      security_compute_sid()
        sidtab_context_to_sid()

Even when the filesystem was mounted with a context= type option.  This is a huge wasted performance hit.

I also wonder if this means that transition sid rules work even on context= mount points...  Something else to be researched....

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2011-01-07 04:21:44 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.

Comment 3 Suzanne Logcher 2011-01-07 16:15:20 UTC
This request was erroneously denied for the current release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux.  The error has been fixed and this request has been
re-proposed for the current release.

Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2011-02-01 05:52:50 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.

Comment 5 RHEL Program Management 2011-02-01 18:55:23 UTC
This request was erroneously denied for the current release of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux.  The error has been fixed and this
request has been re-proposed for the current release.

Comment 6 RHEL Program Management 2011-05-13 15:26:02 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has 
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed 
products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.

Comment 7 Aristeu Rozanski 2011-08-06 16:07:12 UTC
Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-180.el6

Comment 14 Petr Beňas 2011-08-15 07:26:05 UTC
Reproduced in 2.6.32-179.el6.x86_64 and verified in 2.6.32-180.el6.x86_64.

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 12:35:50 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.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1530.html