Issued:
2013-03-11
Updated:
2013-03-11

RHBA-2013:0618 - selinux-policy bug fix update

Synopsis

selinux-policy bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated selinux-policy packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The selinux-policy packages contain the rules that govern how confined processes run on the system.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the cgrulesengd daemon attempted to use inotifyfs scripts for monitoring filesystem changes. Due to a missing rule, the SELinux subsystem denied access to inotifyfs. This update adds an allow rule to selinux-policy and cgrulesengd can now use inotifyfs. (BZ#917966)

  • The selinux-policy packages did not contain rules that would have allowed the mount.glusterfs application to mount a Gluster file system when SELinux was in enforcing mode. The "mount.glusterfs" command attempted to start the glusterfs daemon and transition to the right SELinux domain and, consequently, SELinux subsystem denied these actions. Currently, selinux-policy has allow rules and the application is able to mount a gluster filesystem. (BZ#917972)

Users of selinux-policy are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI)2.1x86_64
Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise2.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.4ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support6.4s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS6.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • selinux-policy-3.7.19-195.el6_4.3.src.rpm
  • selinux-policy-3.7.19-195.el6_4.3.noarch.rpm
  • selinux-policy-minimum-3.7.19-195.el6_4.3.noarch.rpm
  • selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19-195.el6_4.3.noarch.rpm
  • selinux-policy-mls-3.7.19-195.el6_4.3.noarch.rpm
  • selinux-policy-doc-3.7.19-195.el6_4.3.noarch.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information