That's awesome and now it's got me thinking about other classes/permissions
that we could implement. Can cil macros can be referenced in .te/.if files?


On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 2:27 PM Stephen Smalley <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 09/11/2018 02:49 PM, Ted Toth wrote:
> > Yes I too noticed the translate permission but couldn't find any info
> > related to it intended purpose. Regarding CIL unfortunately I have zero
> > experience with it but I've installed the compiler and started reading
> > through https://github.com/SELinuxProject/cil/wiki (any other pointers
> > to useful info would be appreciated). I have written lots of policy
> > would it be possible to add a class/permissions/mlsconstraints in an
> > old-fashion policy module?
>
> The older binary modules didn't support those kinds of statements
> outside of the base module.  Try this:
> $ cat > mcstrans.cil <<EOF
> ; define a mcstrans class with one permission color_use
> (class mcstrans (color_use))
> ; allow all domains mcstrans color_use permission to themselves
> (allow domain self (mcstrans (color_use)))
> ; only allow mcstrans color_use permission when h1 dominates h2
> (mlsconstrain (mcstrans (color_use)) (dom h1 h2))
> ; append the new mcstrans class to the end after all others
> (classorder (unordered mcstrans))
> EOF
>
> $ sudo semodule -i mcstrans.cil
>
> Then try performing permission checks with "mcstrans" as your class and
> "color_use" as your permission, between a domain and itself, with
> different levels.
>
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 1:27 PM Stephen Smalley <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 09/11/2018 10:41 AM, Stephen Smalley wrote:
> >      > On 09/10/2018 06:30 PM, Ted Toth wrote:
> >      >> mcstrans mcscolor.c also uses the same logic I'd been using to
> >     check
> >      >> dominance so this too will no longer function as expected on
> >     el7. Do
> >      >> you any suggestions for doing a 'generic' (one not tied to a
> >     specific
> >      >> resource class) dominance check in lieu of context contains?
> >      >
> >      > You should probably define your own permission with its own
> >     constraint
> >      > to avoid depending on the base policy's particular constraint
> >      > definitions.  Certainly for your own code.  For mcstrans, mcscolor
> >      > probably ought to be switched to using at least a separate
> >     permission in
> >      > the context class if not its own class to avoid overloading the
> >     meaning
> >      > with pam_selinux's usage (or vice versa, but likely harder to
> change
> >      > pam_selinux at this point).
> >      >
> >      > It is possible to define an entirely new class, its permissions,
> >     and its
> >      > mls constraints via a CIL module IIUC, without needing to change
> the
> >      > base policy.
> >      >
> >      > I don't think you can add a permission to an existing class via a
> >     CIL
> >      > module currently, unfortunately, so you can't just extend the
> >     context
> >      > class without modifying the base policy.  So it may be easier to
> >     define
> >      > an entirely new class.
> >      >
> >      > The class and permission ought to be specific to the usage.  For
> >      > example, mcstrans could have its own class (mcstrans) with its own
> >      > permissions (e.g. color_match or color_use or ...) that abstract
> >     away
> >      > the logical check being performed.  Dominance checks performed for
> >      > different reasons ought to use different permissions so that one
> can
> >      > distinguish what TE pairs are allowed them.
> >      >
> >      > Your code could likewise define and use its own class and
> permission.
> >      >
> >      > Does that make sense?
> >
> >     BTW, I noticed there is another permission ("translate") defined in
> the
> >     context class and its constraint is ((h1 dom h2) or (t1 ==
> >     mlstranslate)).  I would have guessed that it was intended as a
> >     front-end service check over what processes could request context
> >     translations from mcstrans or what contexts they could translate,
> but I
> >     don't see it being used in mcstrans anywhere.  Is this a legacy thing
> >     from early setransd/mcstransd days?  There is a TODO comment in
> >     mcstrans
> >     process_request() that suggests there was an intent to perform a
> >     dominance check between the requester context and the specified
> >     context,
> >     but that's not implemented.  Appears to be allowed in current policy
> >     for
> >     all domains to the setrans_t domain itself.
> >
> >      >
> >      >>
> >      >> Ted
> >      >>
> >      >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 1:19 PM Ted Toth <[email protected]
> >     <mailto:[email protected]>
> >      >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
> >      >>
> >      >>     Understood, thanks.
> >      >>
> >      >>     On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 12:46 PM Stephen Smalley
> >     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> >      >>     <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>
> wrote:
> >      >>
> >      >>         On 09/10/2018 01:13 PM, Ted Toth wrote:
> >      >>          > We currently have code running on el6 that does a MLS
> >      >>         dominance check by
> >      >>          > calling security_compute_av_raw with the security
> >     object class
> >      >>          > SECCLASS_CONTEXT with permission CONTEXT__CONTAINS as
> >     you can
> >      >>         see in the
> >      >>          > python code below. When I run this code on el6 s1
> >     dominates
> >      >>         s0 however
> >      >>          > when I run the same code on el7 s1 does not dominate
> >     s0. On
> >      >>         both systems
> >      >>          > the file read dominance check works as expected. Can
> >     anyone
> >      >>         help me
> >      >>          > understand why the context contains check does not
> >     work the
> >      >>         same on both
> >      >>          > systems?
> >      >>
> >      >>         That would depend entirely on how the constraint is
> >     written in
> >      >> the
> >      >>         policy.  I assume this is with the -mls policy on both?
> >     seinfo
> >      >>         --constrain | grep -C1 context would show you the
> >     constraint
> >      >> in the
> >      >>         kernel policy.
> >      >>
> >      >>         Looks like refpolicy defines it as:
> >      >>         mlsconstrain context contains
> >      >>                   (( h1 dom h2 ) and ( l1 domby l2));
> >      >>
> >      >>         The 2nd part of the constraint was introduced by:
> >      >>         commit 4c365f4a6a6f933dd13b0127e03f832c6a6cf8fc
> >      >>         Author: Harry Ciao <[email protected]
> >     <mailto:[email protected]>
> >      >>         <mailto:[email protected]
> >     <mailto:[email protected]>>>
> >      >>         Date:   Tue Feb 15 10:16:32 2011 +0800
> >      >>
> >      >>               l1 domby l2 for contains MLS constraint
> >      >>
> >      >>               As identified by Stephan Smalley, the current MLS
> >      >>         constraint for the
> >      >>               contains permission of the context class should
> >     consider
> >      >>         the current
> >      >>               level of a user along with the clearance level so
> that
> >      >>         mls_systemlow
> >      >>               is no longer considered contained in
> mls_systemhigh.
> >      >>
> >      >>               Signed-off-by: Harry Ciao
> >     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> >      >>         <mailto:[email protected]
> >     <mailto:[email protected]>>>
> >      >>
> >      >>         This was to prevent a user from logging in at a level
> >     below their
> >      >>         authorized range, in the unusual scenario where the
> >     user's low
> >      >>         level was
> >      >>         not s0/systemlow.
> >      >>
> >      >>          >
> >      >>          > Ted
> >      >>          >
> >      >>          >
> >      >>
> >      >>
> >
>  
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >      >>
> >      >>          >
> >      >>          > import selinux
> >      >>          >
> >      >>          > SECCLASS_CONTEXT =
> >     selinux.string_to_security_class("context")
> >      >>          > CONTEXT__CONTAINS =
> >      >>         selinux.string_to_av_perm(SECCLASS_CONTEXT, "contains")
> >      >>          > SECCLASS_FILE =
> selinux.string_to_security_class("file")
> >      >>          > FILE__READ = selinux.string_to_av_perm(SECCLASS_FILE,
> >     "read")
> >      >>          >
> >      >>          > raw_con1 = "user_u:user_r:user_t:s1"
> >      >>          > raw_con2 = "user_u:user_r:user_t:s0"
> >      >>          >
> >      >>          > avd = selinux.av_decision()
> >      >>          > selinux.avc_reset()
> >      >>          > try:
> >      >>          >      rc = selinux.security_compute_av_raw(raw_con1,
> >     raw_con2,
> >      >>          > SECCLASS_CONTEXT, CONTEXT__CONTAINS, avd)
> >      >>          >      if rc < 0:
> >      >>          >          print("selinux.security_compute_av_raw
> >     failed for %s
> >      >>         %s" %
> >      >>          > (raw_con1, raw_con2))
> >      >>          >      if (avd.allowed & CONTEXT__CONTAINS) ==
> >      >> CONTEXT__CONTAINS:
> >      >>          >          print("%s dominates %s" % (raw_con1,
> raw_con2))
> >      >>          >      else:
> >      >>          >          print("%s does not dominate %s" % (raw_con1,
> >      >> raw_con2))
> >      >>          > except OSError, ex:
> >      >>          >      print "exception calling
> >      >>         selinux.security_compute_av_raw", ex
> >      >>          >
> >      >>          > avd = selinux.av_decision()
> >      >>          > selinux.avc_reset()
> >      >>          > try:
> >      >>          >      rc = selinux.security_compute_av_raw(raw_con1,
> >     raw_con2,
> >      >>          > SECCLASS_FILE, FILE__READ, avd)
> >      >>          >      if rc < 0:
> >      >>          >          print("selinux.security_compute_av_raw
> >     failed for %s
> >      >>         %s" %
> >      >>          > (raw_con1, raw_con2))
> >      >>          >      if (avd.allowed & FILE__READ) == FILE__READ:
> >      >>          >          print("%s dominates %s" % (raw_con1,
> raw_con2))
> >      >>          >      else:
> >      >>          >          print("%s does not dominate %s" % (raw_con1,
> >      >> raw_con2))
> >      >>          >
> >      >>          > except OSError:
> >      >>          >      print "exception calling
> >      >>         selinux.security_compute_av_raw", ex
> >      >>          >
> >      >>          >
> >      >>          >
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