From: Steve Lawrence <slawrence@tresys.com>
To: Richard Haines <richard_c_haines@btinternet.com>
Cc: James Carter <jwcart2@tycho.nsa.gov>,
Dominick Grift <dominick.grift@gmail.com>,
SELinux List <selinux@tycho.nsa.gov>
Subject: Re: Update to CIL
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:36:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52652DE1.4020504@tresys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1382199839.82880.YahooMailNeo@web87903.mail.ir2.yahoo.com>
On 10/19/2013 12:23 PM, Richard Haines wrote:
> Thanks for the update. I added the fix used by Dominick and tested the various
> fixes that are now okay. However (sorry) but one new bug has been introduced
> and some others are still present:
>
Thanks for the bug reports and examples. Very helpful.
> 1) New bug - I've been using tunables to select the different levels of
> support between Tresys and NSA compilers. Since this update, mapping
> inside tunables does not work (but only when using classpermissionset).
> The "tunable-mapping-error.cil" module demos this error.
>
> 2) classmapping only takes the first entry whether in a boolean or not. The
> "map-perm-error.cil" module demos this error. The Tresys compiler has
> a different problem - see text in "map-perm-error.cil".
>
> 3) Fails to resolve neverallow "*". The "neverallow-STAR.cil" module demos
> this error.
>
> 4) Not sure if this is a bug or 'as designed', I tried using "in" in a
> booleanif statement but failed. The "in-boolean.cil" module demos
> this error.
>
This should not be allowed. The only thing that should be allowed in a
booleanif statement are typetransitions, typerules, and avrules.
> These only apply to the Tresys compiler (as do 2, 3, & 4):
> 5) Does not expand all entries in a typeattribute for allow rules within
> a boolean. The "ta-bool-error.cil" module demos this error.
>
> 6) Neverallow fails when rule defined in a dontaudit rule. The NSA compiler
> and checkpolicy do not generate an error. The "neverallow-error.cil"
> module demos this error.
>
I would start only using Jim's repo. The changes to that repo have fixed
many of the problems. It is what we are working on.
> The attached "cil-base.cil" supplies the user, role etc. requirements
>
> Finally I know the NSA version resolves constraints okay now, but the output
> is reversed in Tresys. The "mlsconstrain-diff.cil" shows the difference but
> in the end they resolve to the same. I have not tried complex constraints.
>
> Hope all this helps
Very helpful. Thanks!
> Richard
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-21 13:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-18 18:20 Update to CIL James Carter
2013-10-18 20:02 ` Dominick Grift
2013-10-19 13:32 ` Dominick Grift
2013-10-19 18:03 ` Dominick Grift
2013-10-20 14:25 ` Dominick Grift
2013-10-21 13:25 ` Steve Lawrence
2013-10-21 18:56 ` James Carter
2013-10-21 12:35 ` Steve Lawrence
2013-10-19 16:23 ` Richard Haines
2013-10-21 13:36 ` Steve Lawrence [this message]
2013-10-21 14:22 ` Richard Haines
2013-10-21 14:46 ` Steve Lawrence
2013-10-21 15:49 ` Request for a new CIL statement Richard Haines
2013-10-21 19:14 ` Update to CIL James Carter
2013-10-23 13:59 ` Dominick Grift
2013-10-23 14:29 ` James Carter
2013-10-23 15:15 ` Dominick Grift
2013-10-23 15:58 ` James Carter
2013-10-23 17:00 ` James Carter
2013-10-23 17:27 ` Dominick Grift
2013-10-24 20:16 ` Dominick Grift
2013-10-25 17:53 ` Dominick Grift
2013-10-25 18:40 ` James Carter
2013-10-25 18:55 ` Dominick Grift
2013-10-25 18:40 ` Dominick Grift
2013-10-26 11:58 ` Dominick Grift
2013-10-31 9:45 ` Dominick Grift
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