virtlogd_selinux(8)

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✨ virtlogd_selinux 💅 — the SELinux manual, but make it make sense ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the virtlogd_selinux(8) page — it's giving SELinux policy for the virtlogd processes and honestly it's iconic. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

virtlogd_selinux — Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the virtlogd processes (bestie edition, no cap)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

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

The virtlogd processes execute with the virtlogd_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 virtlogd_t

🎀 ENTRYPOINTS 🎀

The virtlogd_t SELinux type can be entered via the virtlogd_exec_t file type.

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

/usr/bin/virtlogd, /usr/bin/virtlockd

🌈 PROCESS TYPES 🌈

SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the system. yes, every single one. main character energy for every process fr fr.

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

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

The following process types are defined for virtlogd:

  • virtlogd_t
💀 Note: semanage permissive -a virtlogd_t can be used to make the process type virtlogd_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated. like, it's not mad, it just keeps receipts 🙈

💖 BOOLEANS 💖

SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. virtlogd policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to manipulate the policy and run virtlogd with the tightest access possible. we love a customizable queen 👑

  • 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 allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn on the fips_mode boolean. Enabled by default.
setsebool -P fips_mode 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 allow virtlockd read and lock block devices, you must turn on the virt_lockd_blk_devs boolean. Disabled by default.
setsebool -P virt_lockd_blk_devs 1
  • If you want to allow confined virtual guests to manage nfs files, you must turn on the virt_use_nfs boolean. Disabled by default.
setsebool -P virt_use_nfs 1

🧚 MANAGED FILES 🧚

The SELinux process type virtlogd_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 so this list is long but we're getting through it together bestie, stay with me 🫶

cluster_conf_t

/etc/cluster(/.*)?

cluster_var_lib_t

/var/lib/pcsd(/.*)?
/var/lib/cluster(/.*)?
/var/lib/openais(/.*)?
/var/lib/pengine(/.*)?
/var/lib/corosync(/.*)?
/usr/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
/var/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
/var/lib/pacemaker(/.*)?

cluster_var_run_t

/run/crm(/.*)?
/run/cman_.*
/run/rsctmp(/.*)?
/run/aisexec.*
/run/heartbeat(/.*)?
/run/pcsd-ruby.socket
/run/corosync-qnetd(/.*)?
/run/corosync-qdevice(/.*)?
/run/pcsd.socket
/run/corosync.pid
/run/cpglockd.pid
/run/rgmanager.pid
/run/cluster/rgmanager.sk

krb5_host_rcache_t

/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

root_t

/sysroot/.aleph-version.json
/sysroot/ostree/deploy/.*-atomic/deploy(/.*)?
/
/initrd
/var/lib/ntp

svirt_image_t

(no paths listed — it's mysterious like that 💅)

svirt_tmp_t

(also no paths, we respect the mystery)

virt_common_var_run_t

/run/libvirt/common(/.*)?

virt_etc_rw_t

/etc/xen/.*/.*
/etc/xen/[^/]*
/etc/libvirt/.*/.*
/etc/libvirt/[^/]*

virt_log_t

/var/log/log(/.*)?
/var/log/vdsm(/.*)?
/var/log/libvirt(/.*)?
/var/log/virtqemud.log
/var/log/virtproxyd.log
/var/log/virtsecretd.log
/var/log/virtnetworkd.log
/var/log/virtnodedevd.log
/var/log/virtstoraged.log
/var/log/virtnwfilterd.log
/var/log/virtinterfaced.log
/run/lock/xl

virt_tmp_t

(no paths, living its best life)

virt_var_lockd_t

/var/lib/libvirt/lockd(/.*)?

virtlogd_var_run_t

/run/virtlogd.pid
/run/libvirt/virtlogd-sock
/run/libvirt/virtlockd-sock
/run/libvirt/virtlogd-admin-sock

⭐ FILE CONTEXTS ⭐

SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file type. like a little name tag but for files, adorable honestly.

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

🌸 STANDARD FILE CONTEXT 🌸

SELinux defines the file context types for the virtlogd, 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 virtlogd_exec_t '/srv/virtlogd/content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/myvirtlogd_content
🦋 Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files. regex girlies rise 🙈

The following file types are defined for virtlogd:

  • virtlogd_etc_t
    • Set files with the virtlogd_etc_t type, if you want to store virtlogd files in the /etc directories.
  • virtlogd_exec_t
    • Set files with the virtlogd_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the virtlogd_t domain.

Paths:

/usr/bin/virtlogd, /usr/bin/virtlockd
  • virtlogd_initrc_exec_t
    • Set files with the virtlogd_initrc_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the virtlogd_initrc_t domain.
  • virtlogd_unit_file_t
    • Set files with the virtlogd_unit_file_t type, if you want to treat the files as virtlogd unit content.
  • virtlogd_var_run_t
    • Set files with the virtlogd_var_run_t type, if you want to store the virtlogd files under the /run or /var/run directory.

Paths:

/run/virtlogd.pid, /run/libvirt/virtlogd-sock,
/run/libvirt/virtlockd-sock, /run/libvirt/virtlogd-admin-sock
💀 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, choose your fighter 😭

👑 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. cute little GUI moment 🎀

💜 AUTHOR 💜

This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage. (auto-generated and still ate, we love to see it ✨)

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

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

k that's the whole page bestie, you're officially a virtlogd_selinux expert now 💅 source: virtlogd / dated 26-10-06 — mwah, go slay your SELinux setup 🦋✨

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