Re: can't unmount /sys/fs/selinux

[Petr Lautrbach <plautrba@redhat.com>]

Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 4:52 PM Petr Lautrbach <plautrba@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> we have few tests which uses `umount /sys/fs/selinux` trick to check how
>> userspace works in SELinux "disabled" environment. But it's not possible
>> with the current master:
>>
>>     # umount /sys/fs/selinux
>>     umount: /sys/fs/selinux: target is busy.
>>
>>     # lsof /sys/fs/selinux
>>     COMMAND      PID     USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
>>     systemd        1     root  mem    REG   0,21        0   19 /sys/fs/selinux/status
>>     systemd        1     root   55r   REG   0,21        0   19 /sys/fs/selinux/status
>>     systemd-u    875     root  mem    REG   0,21        0   19 /sys/fs/selinux/status
>>     systemd-u    875     root    6r   REG   0,21        0   19 /sys/fs/selinux/status
>>     dbus-brok   1116     dbus  mem    REG   0,21        0   19 /sys/fs/selinux/status
>>     dbus-brok   1116     dbus    5r   REG   0,21        0   19 /sys/fs/selinux/status
>>     systemd-l   1134     root  mem    REG   0,21        0   19 /sys/fs/selinux/status
>>     systemd-l   1134     root    4r   REG   0,21        0   19 /sys/fs/selinux/status
>>     systemd     1643     root  mem    REG   0,21        0   19 /sys/fs/selinux/status
>>     systemd     1643     root   28r   REG   0,21        0   19 /sys/fs/selinux/status
>>     (sd-pam)    1645     root  mem    REG   0,21        0   19 /sys/fs/selinux/status
>>     ...
>>     sshd      218874     root  mem    REG   0,21        0   19 /sys/fs/selinux/status
>>     sshd      218874     root    3r   REG   0,21        0   19 /sys/fs/selinux/status
>>     sshd      218880 plautrba  mem    REG   0,21        0   19 /sys/fs/selinux/status
>>     sshd      218880 plautrba    3r   REG   0,21        0   19 /sys/fs/selinux/status
>>
>> It seems to be caused by commit 05bdc03130d7 ("libselinux: use kernel
>> status page by default") which replaced avc_netlink_open() in
>> avc_init_internal() with selinux_status_open()
>>
>> In case of sshd process, /sys/fs/selinux/status seems to be mapped by
>> selinux_check_access() which is called from pam_selinux and it's left
>> open as there's no selinux_status_close() in selinux_check_access().
>> The similar situations probably happen in systemd and dbus.
>>
>> So is it expected? Is it a bug? Do we need to change other components so
>> that they would call selinux_status_close() when they use check access?
>
> What if we just close the fd after mmap and not keep it open?  I don't
> see any use of selinux_status_fd beyond assignment and closing.
> Tearing down the mapping and re-creating it on every access check
> would defeat the purpose.

Thanks for this hint! I've checked mmap(2) and it's there: After the
mmap() call has returned, the file descriptor, fd, can be closed
immediately without invalidating the mapping.

I'll try it tomorrow.