Re: sddm issue and patch not for inclusion

[Dominick Grift <dominick.grift@defensec.nl>]

Dominick Grift <dominick.grift@defensec.nl> writes:

> Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> writes:
>
>> In Debian/Unstable (which will soon be frozen and become the next stable
>> release) the sddm X login program (the one that's generally recommended
>> and specifically known to generally work well with SE Linux) uses PAM to
>> start a session for the "greeter" (the program that asks for a password
>> before a new session is started).
>>
>> With the policy currently in Debian that means the sddm user matches
>> "__default__" and gets unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t, not what
>> is desirable for a program that takes input from unauthenticated users.
>>
>> role xdm_r;
>> role xdm_r types xdm_t;
>> allow system_r xdm_r;
>> allow xdm_t xdm_tmpfs_t:file execmod;
>
> that looks like a bug or at least bad code
>
>> corecmd_bin_entry_type(xdm_t)

Also wondering what or which bin_t file or files this applies to and if
it instead is not possible to give these a private type 

>>
>> To get this working as a test I put the above in a local policy file,
>> edited /etc/selinux/default/contexts/default_contexts to add a suitable
>> context to the system_r:xdm_t:s0 line, and run the following 2 commands:
>> semanage user -a -r s0 -L s0 -R xdm_r -P user xdm
>> semanage login -a -s xdm -r s0 sddm
>>
>> I mention the above for the benefit of people who do web searches for such
>> things and get the list archives.
>>
>> Below is the policy I'm using which will be in the next release of Debian
>> if no-one else has a better idea.  NB a "better idea" doesn't mean running
>> the greeter as unconfined_t IMHO.  Also while we can debate about whether
>> modifying sddm to not use PAM for the greeter session is a good idea, such
>> a change would potentially affect people who don't use SE Linux so I won't
>> even waste the time of the sddm maintainer by discussing that possibility
>> with them before the release.  After the release we can discuss such
>> things, but now we need to get things working well in the next few days in
>> a manner that will make users happy for the next 2 years.
>>
>> Index: refpolicy-2.20210126/policy/modules/services/xserver.te
>> ===================================================================
>> --- refpolicy-2.20210126.orig/policy/modules/services/xserver.te
>> +++ refpolicy-2.20210126/policy/modules/services/xserver.te
>> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ gen_require(`
>>  	class x_resource all_x_resource_perms;
>>  	class x_event all_x_event_perms;
>>  	class x_synthetic_event all_x_synthetic_event_perms;
>> +	role xdm_r;
>>  ')
>>  
>>  ########################################
>> @@ -152,6 +153,10 @@ init_daemon_domain(xdm_t, xdm_exec_t)
>>  xserver_object_types_template(xdm)
>>  xserver_common_x_domain_template(xdm, xdm_t)
>>  
>> +# for sddm to use pam for greeter
>> +role xdm_r types xdm_t;
>> +allow system_r xdm_r;
>> +
>>  type xdm_lock_t;
>>  files_lock_file(xdm_lock_t)
>>  
>> @@ -848,6 +853,11 @@ manage_files_pattern(xserver_t, xdm_tmp_
>>  manage_lnk_files_pattern(xserver_t, xdm_tmp_t, xdm_tmp_t)
>>  manage_sock_files_pattern(xserver_t, xdm_tmp_t, xdm_tmp_t)
>>  
>> +# for sddm to use pam for greeter
>> +corecmd_bin_entry_type(xdm_t)
>> +# sddm greeter needs execmod
>> +allow xdm_t xdm_tmpfs_t:file execmod;
>> +
>>  # Run Xorg.wrap
>>  can_exec(xserver_t, xserver_exec_t)
>>  
>> Index: refpolicy-2.20210126/config/appconfig-mcs/seusers
>> ===================================================================
>> --- refpolicy-2.20210126.orig/config/appconfig-mcs/seusers
>> +++ refpolicy-2.20210126/config/appconfig-mcs/seusers
>> @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
>>  root:unconfined_u:s0-mcs_systemhigh
>>  __default__:unconfined_u:s0-mcs_systemhigh
>> +sddm:xdm:s0
>> Index: refpolicy-2.20210126/policy/users
>> ===================================================================
>> --- refpolicy-2.20210126.orig/policy/users
>> +++ refpolicy-2.20210126/policy/users
>> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ gen_user(system_u,, system_r, s0, s0 - m
>>  gen_user(user_u, user, user_r, s0, s0)
>>  gen_user(staff_u, staff, staff_r sysadm_r ifdef(`enable_mls',`secadm_r auditadm_r'), s0, s0 - mls_systemhigh, mcs_allcats)
>>  gen_user(sysadm_u, sysadm, sysadm_r, s0, s0 - mls_systemhigh, mcs_allcats)
>> +gen_user(xdm, user, xdm_r, s0, s0)
>>  
>>  # Until order dependence is fixed for users:
>>  ifdef(`direct_sysadm_daemon',`
>> Index: refpolicy-2.20210126/config/appconfig-mcs/xdm_default_contexts
>> ===================================================================
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ refpolicy-2.20210126/config/appconfig-mcs/xdm_default_contexts
>> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
>> +system_r:xdm_t:s0		xdm_r:xdm_t:s0
>> Index: refpolicy-2.20210126/policy/modules/kernel/kernel.te
>> ===================================================================
>> --- refpolicy-2.20210126.orig/policy/modules/kernel/kernel.te
>> +++ refpolicy-2.20210126/policy/modules/kernel/kernel.te
>> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ role system_r;
>>  role sysadm_r;
>>  role staff_r;
>>  role user_r;
>> +role xdm_r;
>>  
>>  # here until order dependence is fixed:
>>  role unconfined_r;
>>

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