[refpolicy] [PATCH 1/1] Allow ssh to read cert_t files

[cpebenito@tresys.com (Christopher J. PeBenito)]

On 10/11/12 14:45, Sven Vermeulen wrote:
> With commit e5c59868be8fbca2d56c74d3418aff56344cc9fd, the /etc/ssl location (and
> all files therein) are marked cert_t instead of etc_t. As this location contains
> /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf, applications linked with openssl's libcrypto fail to
> function properly.

I think what makes more sense to to make sure /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf is still labeled etc_t, since its a config file, not a cert.

> The ssh client is one of those applications, which - if not granted - fails
> with:
> 
> $ ssh giskard.alunduil.com
> Auto configuration failed
> 118260437468864:error:0200100D:system library:fopen:Permission denied:bss_file.c:169:fopen('/etc/ssl/openssl.cnf','rb')
> 118260437468864:error:2006D002:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:system lib:bss_file.c:174:
> 118260437468864:error:0E078002:configuration file routines:DEF_LOAD:system lib:conf_def.c:199:
> 
> Allow ssh to read generic certs. An alternative would be to keep /etc/ssl as
> etc_t (same with openssl.cnf) and label the subdirectories as cert_t.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sven Vermeulen <sven.vermeulen@siphos.be>
> ---
>  policy/modules/services/ssh.te |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/policy/modules/services/ssh.te b/policy/modules/services/ssh.te
> index b17e27a..4826400 100644
> --- a/policy/modules/services/ssh.te
> +++ b/policy/modules/services/ssh.te
> @@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ logging_read_generic_logs(ssh_t)
>  
>  auth_use_nsswitch(ssh_t)
>  
> +miscfiles_read_generic_certs(ssh_t)
>  miscfiles_read_localization(ssh_t)
>  
>  seutil_read_config(ssh_t)
> 


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Chris PeBenito
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