From: cpebenito@tresys.com (Christopher J. PeBenito)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 09:32:03 -0400
Subject: [refpolicy] user_t more restrictive than sshd_t (e.g.)?
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On 05/27/2014 03:42 AM, dE wrote:
> On 05/23/14 11:18, dE wrote:
>> As we know, the user_r does not allow many processes to have high privilege types (system_t for e.g. which's tailored for a single program named X), if such a process is executed, it'll have a type of user_t.
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>> However system_t specifies restrictions on the program exactly as per X's specifications -- it wont allow the program to do anything outside what's it supposed to do.
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>> But that's not the same for user_t -- this type is generic and there are many things that user_t allows which system_t does not.
>>
>> This may form a security vector; a vulnerable program which should run as system_t but is not run cause user_r does not allow that type, this allows the program to do many things which it's not designed to do; so basically this bypasses SELinux restrictions as put on by system_t.
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>> So, is there any way to prevent this form happening -- or can we specify in the policy what type to run the program as when it's run by a user with role user_r or any other user which is not allowed system_t?
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>> As an e.g. we may see systemctl.
> 
> Is this concern real?

Moving thread to refpolicy mail list.

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