[refpolicy] [PATCH/RFC 0/19]: patch set to update the git reference policy

From: domg472@gmail.com (Dominick Grift)
To: refpolicy@oss.tresys.com
Subject: [refpolicy] [PATCH/RFC 0/19]: patch set to update the git reference policy
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:01:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D3D9456.60608@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1295829820.3862.59.camel@tesla.lan>

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On 01/24/2011 01:43 AM, Guido Trentalancia wrote:
> Hello again !
> 
> I am resubmitting the changes that I proposed a few days ago for the
> latest reference policy. There are a few additions and now the patch has
> been split into a set of 19 logical patches.
> 
> However, there might be unavoidable dependencies between a few patches.
> 
> I have applied the patches in the following order (and I cannot
> guarantee that they can still be applied in a different order,
> especially because of the above mentioned dependencies, e.g. on new
> interfaces):
> 
> 1/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-file-contexts.patch
> 2/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-dbus-messaging.patch
> 3/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-readahead.patch
> 4/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-cpufreqselector.patch
> 5/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-mount.patch
> 6/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-kernel-new-interfaces.patch
> 7/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-sysadm-role.patch
> 8/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-dbus.patch
> 9/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-devicekit.patch
> 10/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-networkmanager.patch
> 11/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-setroubleshoot.patch
> 12/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-smartmon.patch
> 13/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-authlogin.patch
> 14/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-logging.patch
> 15/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-selinuxutil.patch
> 16/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-sysnetwork-new-interface.patch
> 17/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-sysnetwork-hal-read-pid-files.patch
> 18/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-consolekit.patch
> 19/19: refpolicy-git-18012011-update-plymouth.patch
> 
> In general, this is a starting point, because I could not test all
> available modules, but in the future I might submit other patches for
> other modules.
> 
> I have only tested the resulting policy with the following build
> configuration:
> 
> TYPE=mcs DISTRO=redhat MONOLITHIC=n UBAC=n
> 
> however I don't expect many issues with other kinds of builds.
> 
> As already explained, the patch set aims to update some permissions
> needed on a modern generic Linux system. I have not used any specific
> distribution and all packages are in general latest upstream versions.
> 
> Thanks very much for your attention and for your time. The patch set
> follows in separate messages to the Reference Policy mailing list having
> the subject "[PATCH/RFC x/19]: patch set to update the git reference
> policy", with the integer x varying from 1 to 19.

I did a quick review of your policy and commented inline. I think most
of it is probably not acceptable at this point unfortunately.

It may be beneficial to get even more familiar with reference policy and
the concepts/security goals it uses.

You may also find my latest screencast called: introduction to policy
writing, inspiring and hopefully informative:

http://selinux-mac.blogspot.com/2011/01/yet-another-step-by-step-introduction.html

> Regards,
> 
> Guido Trentalancia
> 
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