uml_selinux(8)

🌸 NAME 🌸

uml_selinux — this is the uml_selinux(8) page, all about Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the uml processes. Bestie, we're going in 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Security-Enhanced Linux secures the uml processes via flexible mandatory access control. No cap.

The uml processes execute with the uml_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 uml_t

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🚪 ENTRYPOINTS 🚪

The uml_t SELinux type can be entered via the uml_exec_t file type.

The default entrypoint paths for the uml_t domain are the following: the page lists nothing under this line, so that's the whole list — blank era 💀

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👑 PROCESS TYPES 👑

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

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

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

The following process types are defined for uml:

• uml_t
• uml_switch_t

Note: semanage permissive -a uml_t can be used to make the process type uml_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated. So yeah, still watch those logs, bestie 🫶

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🎀 BOOLEANS 🎀

SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. uml policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to manipulate the policy and run uml with the tightest access possible. Slay security.

• fips_mode — if you want to allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn on the fips_mode boolean. Enabled by default.

setsebool -P fips_mode 1

• nis_enabled — 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

• use_nfs_home_dirs — if you want to support NFS home directories, you must turn on the use_nfs_home_dirs boolean. Enabled by default.

setsebool -P use_nfs_home_dirs 1

• use_samba_home_dirs — if you want to support SAMBA home directories, you must turn on the use_samba_home_dirs boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P use_samba_home_dirs 1

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📁 MANAGED FILES 📁

The SELinux process type uml_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. Yes, DAC still matters — SELinux is not out here doing everything alone, bestie 😭

• cifs_t — no default paths listed on this page.
• krb5_host_rcache_t — default paths:

/var/tmp/krb5_0.rcache2
/var/cache/krb5rcache(/.*)?
/var/tmp/nfs_0
/var/tmp/DNS_25
/var/tmp/host_0
/var/tmp/imap_0
/var/tmp/HTTP_23
/var/tmp/HTTP_48
/var/tmp/ldap_55
/var/tmp/ldap_487
/var/tmp/ldapmap1_0

• nfs_t — no default paths listed on this page.
• uml_rw_t — default path:

/home/[^/]+/.uml(/.*)?

• uml_tmp_t — no default paths listed on this page.
• uml_tmpfs_t — no default paths listed on this page.

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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 uml policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their uml processes in as secure a method as possible.

🌈 STANDARD FILE CONTEXT 🌈

SELinux defines the file context types for the uml, 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 uml_exec_t '/srv/uml/content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/myuml_content

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

The following file types are defined for uml:

• uml_exec_t — set files with the uml_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the uml_t domain.
• uml_ro_t — set files with the uml_ro_t type, if you want to treat the files as uml read/only content.
• uml_rw_t — set files with the uml_rw_t type, if you want to treat the files as uml read/write content.
• uml_switch_exec_t — set files with the uml_switch_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the uml_switch_t domain.
• uml_switch_var_run_t — set files with the uml_switch_var_run_t type, if you want to store the uml switch files under the /run or /var/run directory.
• uml_tmp_t — set files with the uml_tmp_t type, if you want to store uml temporary files in the /tmp directories.
• uml_tmpfs_t — set files with the uml_tmpfs_t type, if you want to store uml files on a tmpfs file system.

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.

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🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage .

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

selinux(8), uml(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepolicy(8), setsebool(8), uml_switch_selinux(8), uml_switch_selinux(8)

And yes, uml_switch_selinux(8) is listed twice — iconic, not a typo on my end 😭✨

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Cute sign-off: this page is uml_selinux(8), source/version uml, dated 26-10-06. Periodt 🫶💖