For example, ones that implement these guidelines? https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/guides/linux-hardening.html
Alternatively, packages for Fedora that would set this up automatically
For example, ones that implement these guidelines? https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/guides/linux-hardening.html
Alternatively, packages for Fedora that would set this up automatically
What a coincidence, I’m trying to learn SELinux too! Any tips?
Awesome! Here are a few things that come to mind:
Make sure you have some aliases/functions for common operations:
audit2allow -a
to view audit violations (or-d
for dmesg audits)-r
to add a requires statement for module constructionrestorecon -Rv
to recursively apply file contexts from policy (or-FRv
to also apply user context)rm -f /var/log/audit/audit.log.* \&\& >/var/log/audit/audit.log
to clear audit logschown -R user:user PATH && chcon -R -u user_u PATH
to recursively change labels to usersemanage fcontext -a -t $TYPE $PATH -s $SEUSER
to add a custom file context to the policysemanage fcontext -a -t "user_secrets_t" "/home/[^/]+/.secrets(/.*)?" -s user_u
.fc
file, but in any case a custom policy is needed to create custom typessemanage fcontext -d $PATH
to remove a custom file contextsemanage fcontext -lC
to list custom file contextssemodule -DB
to rebuild policy with all dontaudit rules disabledaudit2allow
doesn’t show anythingsemodule -B
to rebuild policy (with dontaudit rules)semodule -i MODULE.pp
to install a modulesemodule -r MODULE
to remove a moduleAlso a few scripts for policy creation and management are essential. There are two basic approaches to policy creation:
Modules: can be used to modify AVC rules and are pretty simple
# a violation has occurred that you want to allow or dontaudit echo "module my_allow 1.0;" > my_allow.te audit2allow -ar >> my_allow.te # verify that my_allow.te has what you expect cat my_allow.te # build and install the module (replace mcs with whatever policy you are using) make -f /usr/share/selinux/mcs/include/Makefile my_allow.pp semodule -i my_allow.pp # clear audit logs rm -f /var/log/audit/audit.log.* && >/var/log/audit/audit.log
Policy modules: can do anything, but are complicated, and the tools for creating them are mostly based on Red Hat.
Creating a new type:
# generate foo.fc, foo.if, and foo.te sepolicy generate --newtype -t foo_var_lib_t -n foo # note: see sepolicy-generate(8); sepolicy generate only supports the following # type suffixes, but its output files can be adapted to your use case # _tmp_t # _unit_file_t # _var_cache_t # _var_lib_t # _var_log_t # _var_run_t # _var_spool_t # _port_t # modify the .fc file with the desired file contexts, for example (with s0 for mcs) # /path/to/context/target -- gen_context(system_u:object_r:type_t,s0) # # note: the "--" matches regular files, -d for directories, -c for character # devices, -l for symbolic links, -b for block devices, or can be omitted # to match anything. also, as mentioned before, I often have better luck # with `semanage fcontext`, especially for user directories vi foo.fc # build and install the policy module make -f /usr/share/selinux/mcs/include/Makefile foo.pp semodule -i foo.pp # use restorecon to adjust the file contexts of any paths you have # by default, all operations involving this type will be denied # (and are sometimes not audited) semodule -DB # --disable_dontaudit # ... use the type, collect violations ... audit2allow -ar >> foo.te # if dontaudit is disabled, you'll likely have a lot things to remove from here vi foo.te # ... repeat until rules regarding type are fully defined
Creating a new application type:
# sepolicy-generate is made for Red Hat, # but you can use --application to get started # creates a bunch of files that define bar_t and bar_exec_t sepolicy generate --application -n bar [-u USER] CMD # remove the line making the app permissive (up to you, but # I prefer using audit violations to define the permissions) perl -i -00 -pe 's/^permissive bar_t;\n\n//g' bar.te # ensure that the file bar_exec_t file context points to the right bin: vi bar.fc # build and install the policy module make -f /usr/share/selinux/mcs/include/Makefile bar.pp semodule -i bar.pp # ... use the application, update AVC rules, repeat ...
If your target application is interpreted, you’ll need to write a custom C program that launches the interpreter in a specific context, then write your policy around that application. For example, you should execv something like this:
/usr/bin/runcon -u user_u -t my_script_t /bin/bash PROG
.Thanks! I’ll be copypasting all of these to my notes haha
np! Hope it helps; it’s a big pain but I do think it’s pretty secure if configured correctly