cinder_api_selinux(8)

💖 cinder_api_selinux(8) — the whole vibe 💖

Okay so bestie, this is literally the cinder_api_selinux(8) manual page, and it's all about the SELinux policy for the cinder_api processes. Let's get into it, no cap 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

cinder_api_selinux — Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the cinder_api processes. That's the whole name situation, periodt.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Security-Enhanced Linux secures the cinder_api processes via flexible mandatory access control. Iconic honestly.

The cinder_api processes execute with the cinder_api_t SELinux type. You can check if you have these processes running by executing the ps command with the -Z qualifier.

For example:

ps -eZ | grep cinder_api_t

🎀 ENTRYPOINTS 🎀

The cinder_api_t SELinux type can be entered via the cinder_api_exec_t file type.

The default entrypoint paths for the cinder_api_t domain are the following:

/usr/bin/cinder-api

👑 PROCESS TYPES 👑

SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the system. Yes bestie, every single one.

You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps. Love that for you.

Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux cinder_api policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their cinder_api processes in as secure a method as possible. Slay.

The following process types are defined for cinder_api:

• cinder_api_t

Note: semanage permissive -a cinder_api_t can be used to make the process type cinder_api_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated. So like, still watch those logs okay? 💅

🧚 BOOLEANS 🧚

SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. cinder_api policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to manipulate the policy and run cinder_api with the tightest access possible. It's giving control, fr fr.

• daemons_dontaudit_scheduling — If you want to dontaudit all daemons scheduling requests (setsched, sys_nice), you must turn on this boolean. Enabled by default.

setsebool -P daemons_dontaudit_scheduling 1

• deny_execmem — If you want to deny user domains applications to map a memory region as both executable and writable, this is dangerous and the executable should be reported in bugzilla, you must turn on this boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P deny_execmem 1

• mmap_low_allowed — If you want to control the ability to mmap a low area of the address space, as configured by /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr, you must turn on this boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P mmap_low_allowed 1

• secure_mode_insmod — If you want to disable kernel module loading, you must turn on this boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P secure_mode_insmod 1

• selinuxuser_execheap — If you want to allow unconfined executables to make their heap memory executable. Doing this is a really bad idea. Probably indicates a badly coded executable, but could indicate an attack. This executable should be reported in bugzilla, you must turn on this boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P selinuxuser_execheap 1

• selinuxuser_execstack — If you want to allow unconfined executables to make their stack executable. This should never, ever be necessary. Probably indicates a badly coded executable, but could indicate an attack. This executable should be reported in bugzilla, you must turn on this boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P selinuxuser_execstack 1

🌸 MANAGED FILES 🌸

The SELinux process type cinder_api_t can manage files labeled with the following file types. The paths listed are the default paths for these file types. Note the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions. Okay, important.

• file_type — all files on the system. Like, literally every file bestie.

all files on the system

🌈 FILE CONTEXTS 🌈

SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file type.

You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls. Obsessed.

Policy governs the access confined processes have to these files. SELinux cinder_api policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their cinder_api processes in as secure a method as possible.

⭐ STANDARD FILE CONTEXT ⭐

SELinux defines the file context types for the cinder_api. If you wanted to store files with these types in a different paths, you need to execute the semanage command to specify alternate labeling and then use restorecon to put the labels on disk.

semanage fcontext -a -t cinder_api_exec_t
'/srv/cinder_api/content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/mycinder_api_content

Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files.

The following file types are defined for cinder_api:

• cinder_api_exec_t — Set files with the cinder_api_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the cinder_api_t domain.
• cinder_api_tmp_t — Set files with the cinder_api_tmp_t type, if you want to store cinder api temporary files in the /tmp directories.
• cinder_api_unit_file_t — Set files with the cinder_api_unit_file_t type, if you want to treat the files as cinder api unit content.

Note: File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon command. If you want to permanently change the file context you need to use the semanage fcontext command. This will modify the SELinux labeling database. You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels. So like, don't skip that step bestie 😭

🫶 COMMANDS 🫶

• semanage fcontext can also be used to manipulate default file context mappings.
• semanage permissive can also be used to manipulate whether or not a process type is permissive.
• semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove policy modules.
• semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans.
• system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux policy settings.

💜 AUTHOR 💜

This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

selinux(8), cinder_api(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepolicy(8), setsebool(8)

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Anyways bestie, that's the whole page 💖 — source cinder_api, version/date 26-10-06, and the manual is cinder_api_selinux(8). Stay secure, mwah 💅