#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : SELinux is blocking an application (AVC denial) # Fix : Set the right file context -- do not disable SELinux # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-selinux-denial # # Run as : Shell as root # Expect : 20 minutes # Risk : low # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # A file or directory access is being denied. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # sudo semanage fcontext -d '/srv/www(/.*)?' then restorecon -Rv # /srv/www. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo " This fix is documented as needing root. Re-run with sudo." >&2 exit 3 fi rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 6" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " SELinux is blocking an application (AVC denial)" echo " Set the right file context -- do not disable SELinux" echo echo " Risk: low Reversible 20 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'Confirm it really is SELinux and read the denial.' '' cmd 'sudo ausearch -m AVC,USER_AVC -ts recent | tail -40'; then sudo ausearch -m AVC,USER_AVC -ts recent | tail -40 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'Get the human-readable explanation, which usually names the exact fix.' '' cmd 'sudo sealert -a /var/log/audit/audit.log | head -60'; then sudo sealert -a /var/log/audit/audit.log | head -60 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'Compare the context on the problem path with one that works.' 'mv preserves the original context; cp assigns the destination'\''s. That single difference is behind most of these.' cmd 'ls -Z /srv/www/index.html' 'ls -Z /var/www/html/index.html'; then ls -Z /srv/www/index.html ls -Z /var/www/html/index.html if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 4 'Add a permanent context rule for the path, then apply it.' 'semanage writes the rule to policy so it survives a relabel; restorecon alone would be undone the next time the filesystem is relabelled.' cmd 'sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_content_t '\''/srv/www(/.*)?'\''' 'sudo restorecon -Rv /srv/www'; then sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_content_t '/srv/www(/.*)?' sudo restorecon -Rv /srv/www if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 4 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi step 5 'If the app needs to write as well, use httpd_sys_rw_content_t for those directories only.' '' manual || true if step 6 'Check whether a boolean covers what you need before writing a custom policy.' '' cmd 'getsebool -a | grep httpd | grep '\'' on$\| off$'\'''; then getsebool -a | grep httpd | grep ' on$\| off$' if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 6 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'The operation succeeds and no new AVC is logged.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then sudo ausearch -m AVC -ts recent | tail -5 fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-selinux-denial" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: sudo semanage fcontext -d '\''/srv/www(/.*)?'\'' then restorecon -Rv /srv/www.' rule