devicekit...k_selinux(8)

✨ devicekit_disk_selinux(8) — the selinux glow-up for devicekit_disk processes ✨

okay so bestie, this page lives in the SELinux Policy devicekit_disk manual and it's literally your cheat sheet for keeping the devicekit_disk processes locked down and iconic. it's giving security, it's giving mandatory access control, it's giving main character energy 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

devicekit_disk_selinux — Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the devicekit_disk processes. no cap, that's the whole vibe 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Security-Enhanced Linux secures the devicekit_disk processes via flexible mandatory access control. periodt. ✨

The devicekit_disk processes execute with the devicekit_disk_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 devicekit_disk_t

run it. iykyk 🫶

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👑 ENTRYPOINTS 👑

The devicekit_disk_t SELinux type can be entered via the devicekit_disk_exec_t file type.

the default entrypoint paths for the devicekit_disk_t domain are the following, and yes bestie you need to know all of them:

/lib/udisks2/udisksd, /lib/udev/udisks-part-id,
/usr/lib/udisks2/udisksd, /usr/libexec/udisks-daemon,
/usr/lib/udev/udisks-part-id, /usr/libexec/udisks2/udisksd,
/usr/lib/udisks/udisks-daemon, /usr/libexec/devkit-disks-daemon

slay, those are a lot of paths but we memorize them 💖

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🌈 PROCESS TYPES 🌈

SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the system. literally every one.

you can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps.

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

The following process types are defined for devicekit_disk:

• devicekit_disk_t

Note: semanage permissive -a devicekit_disk_t can be used to make the process type devicekit_disk_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated. it's giving "i'll allow it but i'm watching you" energy 💀

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💜 BOOLEANS 💜

SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. devicekit_disk policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to manipulate the policy and run devicekit_disk with the tightest access possible. lowkey obsessed with how configurable this is ✨

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

setsebool -P daemons_dontaudit_scheduling 1

• 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 the deny_execmem boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P deny_execmem 1

• 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 the mmap_low_allowed boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P mmap_low_allowed 1

• if you want to allow system to run with NIS, you must turn on the nis_enabled boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P nis_enabled 1

• if you want to disable kernel module loading, you must turn on the secure_mode_insmod boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P secure_mode_insmod 1

• 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 the selinuxuser_execheap boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P selinuxuser_execheap 1

• 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 the selinuxuser_execstack boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P selinuxuser_execstack 1

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🎀 MANAGED FILES 🎀

The SELinux process type devicekit_disk_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. fr fr, don't forget DAC 💅

file_type

• all files on the system

like, all of them. the range. we love to see it 👑

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🧚 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.

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

STANDARD FILE CONTEXT

SELinux defines the file context types for the devicekit_disk. 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 devicekit_disk_exec_t '/srv/devicekit_disk/content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/mydevicekit_disk_content

Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files. regex girlies rise 🙈

The following file types are defined for devicekit_disk:

devicekit_disk_exec_t

• set files with the devicekit_disk_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the devicekit_disk_t domain.

Paths:

/lib/udisks2/udisksd, /lib/udev/udisks-part-id,
/usr/lib/udisks2/udisksd, /usr/libexec/udisks-daemon,
/usr/lib/udev/udisks-part-id, /usr/libexec/udisks2/udisksd,
/usr/lib/udisks/udisks-daemon, /usr/libexec/devkit-disks-daemon

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. temporary vs permanent, know the difference bestie 💀

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⭐ 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.

the semanage girlies stay winning 🌸

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🍓 AUTHOR 🍓

this manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage. not me being auto-generated and still serving looks 💅✨

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

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

go read them, they're all part of the lore 🫶

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and that's the whole page bestie! devicekit_disk — version 26-10-06 — from the devicekit...k_selinux(8) manual. you ate that, no cap. now go secure those processes 💖🔥👑