commit:     ee22b88958f80507f38476c8036ee1b9d24bd423
Author:     Sven Vermeulen <sven.vermeulen <AT> siphos <DOT> be>
AuthorDate: Wed May 28 15:25:49 2014 +0000
Commit:     Sven Vermeulen <swift <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Tue Jun 10 18:12:49 2014 +0000
URL:        
http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/hardened-refpolicy.git;a=commit;h=ee22b889

xserver_t needs to ender dirs labeled xdm_var_run_t

The LightDM application stores its xauth file in a subdirectory
(/var/run/lightdm/root) which is labeled as xdm_var_run_t. As a result,
X11 (xserver_t) needs search rights to this location.

With this setup, X is run as follows:
  /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0

Changes since v1:
- Use read_files_pattern instead of separate allow rules

Signed-off-by: Jason Zaman <jason <AT> perfinion.com>
Signed-off-by: Sven Vermeulen <sven.vermeulen <AT> siphos.be>

---
 policy/modules/services/xserver.te | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/policy/modules/services/xserver.te 
b/policy/modules/services/xserver.te
index e8c8c01..c096bba 100644
--- a/policy/modules/services/xserver.te
+++ b/policy/modules/services/xserver.te
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ allow xserver_t xdm_t:shm rw_shm_perms;
 allow xserver_t xdm_var_lib_t:file { getattr read };
 dontaudit xserver_t xdm_var_lib_t:dir search;
 
-allow xserver_t xdm_var_run_t:file read_file_perms;
+read_files_pattern(xserver_t, xdm_var_run_t, xdm_var_run_t)
 
 # Label pid and temporary files with derived types.
 manage_files_pattern(xserver_t, xdm_tmp_t, xdm_tmp_t)

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