zebra_selinux(8)

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✨ zebra_selinux(8) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the zebra_selinux era — this is the manual page for the SELinux Policy for the zebra processes 💖 (that's the zebra_selinux bit, iykyk 🫶)

💅 NAME 💅

zebra_selinux — Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the zebra processes 🌸

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Security-Enhanced Linux secures the zebra processes via flexible mandatory access control. no cap, that's the whole vibe 💅

The zebra processes execute with the zebra_t SELinux type. Wanna check if you've got these processes running? literally just execute the ps command with the -Z qualifier, easy ✨

For example:

ps -eZ | grep zebra_t

🚪 ENTRYPOINTS 🚪

The zebra_t SELinux type can be entered via the zebra_exec_t file type 👑

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

/usr/bin/ospf.*, /usr/bin/bgpd, /usr/bin/pimd, /usr/bin/ripd,
/usr/bin/isisd, /usr/bin/nhrpd, /usr/bin/zebra, /usr/bin/babeld,
/usr/bin/ripngd

🧚 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 zebra policy is very flexible, allowing users to setup their zebra processes in as secure a method as possible 🔥

The following process types are defined for zebra:

  • zebra_t
💀 Note: semanage permissive -a zebra_t can be used to make the process type zebra_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated. like, it'll still snitch on you, just not block you 🙈

🎚️ BOOLEANS 🎚️

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

If you want to allow zebra daemon to write it configuration files, you must turn on the zebra_write_config boolean. Disabled by default 🍓

setsebool -P zebra_write_config 1

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

🔌 PORT TYPES 🔌

SELinux defines port types to represent TCP and UDP ports 👀

You can see the types associated with a port by using the following command:

semanage port -l

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

The following port types are defined for zebra:

  • zebra_port_t

Default Defined Ports:

          tcp 2606,2608-2609,2600-2604
          udp 2606,2608-2609,2600-2604

📁 MANAGED FILES 📁

The SELinux process type zebra_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 💅

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

zebra_log_t

     /var/log/zebra(/.*)?
     /var/log/quagga(/.*)?

zebra_tmp_t

(no paths listed for this one, she's mysterious like that 🦋)

zebra_var_run_t

     /run/bgpd(/.*)?
     /run/quagga(/.*)?
     /run/.zebra
     /run/.zserv

🏷️ 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 zebra policy is very flexible, allowing users to setup their zebra processes in as secure a method as possible 💖

🎀 STANDARD FILE CONTEXT 🎀

SELinux defines the file context types for the zebra. 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 zebra_exec_t '/srv/zebra/content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/myzebra_content
Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files 🧚

The following file types are defined for zebra:

zebra_conf_t

  • Set files with the zebra_conf_t type, if you want to treat the files as zebra configuration data, usually stored under the /etc directory 🌸

Paths:

     /etc/zebra(/.*)?, /etc/quagga(/.*)?

zebra_exec_t

  • Set files with the zebra_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the zebra_t domain 🚀

Paths:

     /usr/bin/ospf.*, /usr/bin/bgpd, /usr/bin/pimd, /usr/bin/ripd,
     /usr/bin/isisd, /usr/bin/nhrpd, /usr/bin/zebra, /usr/bin/babeld,
     /usr/bin/ripngd

zebra_initrc_exec_t

  • Set files with the zebra_initrc_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the zebra_initrc_t domain ✨

Paths:

     /etc/rc.d/init.d/bgpd, /etc/rc.d/init.d/ripd,
     /etc/rc.d/init.d/isisd, /etc/rc.d/init.d/ospfd,
     /etc/rc.d/init.d/zebra, /etc/rc.d/init.d/babeld,
     /etc/rc.d/init.d/ospf6d, /etc/rc.d/init.d/ripngd

zebra_log_t

  • Set files with the zebra_log_t type, if you want to treat the data as zebra log data, usually stored under the /var/log directory 📓

Paths:

     /var/log/zebra(/.*)?, /var/log/quagga(/.*)?

zebra_tmp_t

  • Set files with the zebra_tmp_t type, if you want to store zebra temporary files in the /tmp directories 🗂️

zebra_unit_file_t

  • Set files with the zebra_unit_file_t type, if you want to treat the files as zebra unit content 🎀

Paths:

     /usr/lib/systemd/system/bgpd.*, /usr/lib/systemd/system/ripd.*,
     /usr/lib/systemd/system/isisd.*, /usr/lib/systemd/system/ospfd.*,
     /usr/lib/systemd/system/zebra.*, /usr/lib/systemd/system/babeld.*,
     /usr/lib/systemd/system/ospf6d.*, /usr/lib/systemd/system/ripngd.*

zebra_var_run_t

  • Set files with the zebra_var_run_t type, if you want to store the zebra files under the /run or /var/run directory 🏃‍♀️

Paths:

     /run/bgpd(/.*)?, /run/quagga(/.*)?, /run/.zebra, /run/.zserv
💀 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. like, chcon is giving temporary tattoo energy, semanage fcontext is the real ink 🙈

🛠️ 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 port can also be used to manipulate the port definitions 🔌
  • semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans 🎚️
  • system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux policy settings 🖥️ (yes bestie, a whole GUI, we love options)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage 🤖✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

selinux(8), zebra(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepolicy(8), setsebool(8) 🫶

that's the whole page bestie, hope you slayed 💜 — this masterpiece is zebra from 26-10-06, section zebra_selinux(8), and it ate, periodt 💅🎀

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