From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: guido@trentalancia.net (Guido Trentalancia)
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 02:42:47 +0100
Subject: [refpolicy] [PATCH v3] xserver: restrict executable memory
	permissions
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Hello again. 

I have double-checked and the difference between /usr/share and /var/lib is between architetture-independent and single-machine data, not between read-only and writable. 

I hope it helps. 

Regards, 

Guido 

On the 30th of December 2016 02:06:35 CET, cgzones <cgzones@googlemail.com> wrote:
>On 30 Dec 2016 1:37 am, "Guido Trentalancia via refpolicy" <
>refpolicy at oss.tresys.com> wrote:
>
>The dangerous execheap permission is removed from xdm and the
>dangerous execmem permission is only enabled for the Gnome
>Display Manager (gnome-shell running in gdm mode) through a
>new "gnome_xdm" boolean.
>
>This patch also updates the XKB libs file context with their
>default location, adds the ability to read udev pid files and
>finally adds a few permissions so that xconsole can run smoothly.
>
>Signed-off-by: Guido Trentalancia <guido@trentalancia.net>
>---
> policy/modules/services/xserver.fc |    2 ++
> policy/modules/services/xserver.te |   24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
> 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
>diff -pru a/policy/modules/services/xserver.fc
>b/policy/modules/services/
>xserver.fc
>--- a/policy/modules/services/xserver.fc        2016-12-22
>23:12:47.782929703 +0100
>+++ b/policy/modules/services/xserver.fc        2016-12-30
>01:25:51.383728583 +0100
>@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ HOME_DIR/\.Xauthority.*       --      gen_context(s
>
>/usr/sbin/lightdm      --     
>gen_context(system_u:object_r:xdm_exec_t,s0)
>
>+/usr/share/X11/xkb(/.*)?       gen_context(system_u:object_r:
>xkb_var_lib_t,s0)
>+
>
>I am not familiar with xkb nor xdm, but the /usr directory should from
>my
>point of view be able to be mounted as read-only, so the files laying
>here
>should be static. Why does xkb has library files over here?
>
> /usr/X11R6/bin/[xgkw]dm        --      gen_context(system_u:object_r:
>xdm_exec_t,s0)
> /usr/X11R6/bin/iceauth --      gen_context(system_u:object_r:
>iceauth_exec_t,s0)
> /usr/X11R6/bin/X       --      gen_context(system_u:object_r:
>xserver_exec_t,s0)
>diff -pru a/policy/modules/services/xserver.te
>b/policy/modules/services/
>xserver.te
>--- a/policy/modules/services/xserver.te        2016-12-22
>23:12:47.782929703 +0100
>+++ b/policy/modules/services/xserver.te        2016-12-30
>01:30:43.634289624 +0100
>@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ gen_tunable(xdm_sysadm_login, false)
>
> ## <desc>
> ## <p>
>+## Use gnome-shell in gdm mode as the
>+## X Display Manager (XDM)
>+## </p>
>+## </desc>
>+gen_tunable(gnome_xdm, false)
>+
>+## <desc>
>+## <p>
> ## Support X userspace object manager
> ## </p>
> ## </desc>
>@@ -304,6 +312,7 @@ optional_policy(`
> #
>
> allow xdm_t self:capability { setgid setuid sys_resource kill
>sys_tty_config mknod chown dac_override dac_read_search fowner fsetid
>ipc_owner sys_nice sys_rawio net_bind_service };
>+dontaudit xdm_t self:capability sys_admin;
> allow xdm_t self:process { setexec setpgid getsched setsched setrlimit
>signal_perms };
> allow xdm_t self:fifo_file rw_fifo_file_perms;
> allow xdm_t self:shm create_shm_perms;
>@@ -316,7 +325,7 @@ allow xdm_t self:socket create_socket_pe
> allow xdm_t self:appletalk_socket create_socket_perms;
> allow xdm_t self:key { search link write };
>
>-allow xdm_t xconsole_device_t:fifo_file { getattr setattr };
>+allow xdm_t xconsole_device_t:fifo_file read_fifo_file_perms;
>
> # Allow gdm to run gdm-binary
> can_exec(xdm_t, xdm_exec_t)
>@@ -450,6 +459,10 @@ term_setattr_console(xdm_t)
> term_use_unallocated_ttys(xdm_t)
> term_setattr_unallocated_ttys(xdm_t)
>
>+# for xconsole
>+term_use_ptmx(xdm_t)
>+term_use_generic_ptys(xdm_t)
>+
> auth_domtrans_pam_console(xdm_t)
> auth_manage_pam_pid(xdm_t)
> auth_manage_pam_console_data(xdm_t)
>@@ -507,6 +520,10 @@ tunable_policy(`xdm_sysadm_login',`
> #      allow xserver_t xdm_tmpfs_t:file rw_file_perms;
> ')
>
>+tunable_policy(`gnome_xdm',`
>+       allow xdm_t self:process execmem;
>+')
>+
> optional_policy(`
>        alsa_domtrans(xdm_t)
> ')
>@@ -586,10 +603,6 @@ optional_policy(`
> optional_policy(`
>        unconfined_domain(xdm_t)
>        unconfined_domtrans(xdm_t)
>-
>-       ifndef(`distro_redhat',`
>-               allow xdm_t self:process { execheap execmem };
>-       ')
> ')
>
> optional_policy(`
>@@ -803,6 +816,7 @@ optional_policy(`
>
> optional_policy(`
>        udev_read_db(xserver_t)
>+       udev_read_pid_files(xserver_t)
> ')
>
> optional_policy(`
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