Re: SELinux and systemd integration

[Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>]

On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 2:09 PM Christian Göttsche
<cgzones@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 at 07:43, Petr Lautrbach <plautrba@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> writes:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > Amongst Christian's various other SELinux contributions, over the past
> > > several years Christian has been working on improving the SELinux
> > > integration in systemd.  One of the things that Christian has been
> > > working on is revamping the SELinux permissions that systemd uses for
> > > unitfile operations, both to resolve problems and generally improve
> > > the mapping of permissions to systemd operations.  As this work has
> > > been languishing for several years, I would like to see if we can get
> > > things "unstuck" by proposing two things:
> > >
> > > 1. I've provided links to the systemd GH PRs below, but I think it
> > > might be helpful if Christian could provide a quick summary of the new
> > > permissions, how they map to systemd operations, and how they map to
> > > the existing SELinux/systemd permissions with a focus on helping
> > > policy developers migrate existing SELinux policies.
> > >
> > > 2. Given the significance of systemd to modern Linux distributions, I
> > > think it might be a good idea if we selected a SELinux "liaison" for
> > > the systemd project.  This person, or group of people, would work with
> > > the systemd folks to keep the SELinux integration in good working
> > > order, review systemd code as necessary, and help represent the
> > > SELinux project within systemd.
> > >
> > > How does that sound to everyone?  If we are in agreement on #2, and
> > > assuming he would be willing to help out, I would like to nominate
> > > Christian as our SELinux liaison to systemd; any objections?  Anyone
> > > else interested in helping out?
> >
> > I agree with the Christian's nomination.
> >
> > As for #1, I looked on both, but I have to admit that I had a lack of
> > understanding of the problem and so I would need some time to get
> > into it. Therefore I postponed it due to other priorities, (but never
> > come back). If it's still open I'll focus on it next week.
> >
> >
> > > For reference, Christian's systemd PRs on GH:
> > > * https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10023
> > > * https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/20387
> > >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Petr
> >
>
> Hi all,
>
> Thanks Paul for attracting some attention to the SELinux integration
> of systemd.  It has been several months since I last worked on the
> systemd related patches, so they all need a rebase and another round
> of testing.
>
> Addressing the first point, here are some details about the changes I
> would like to see in systemd ...

Thanks for all the details Christian :)

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