ovs-lib creates several directories directly from the script, but
doesn't make any attempt to ensure that the correct SELinux context is
applied to these directories. As a result, the created directories end
up with type var_run_t rather than openvswitch_var_run_t.
During reboot using a tmpfs for /var/run, startup scripts will invoke
ovs-lib to create these directories with the wrong context. If SELinux
is enabled, OVS will fail to start as it cannot write to this directory.
Fix the issue by sprinkling "restorecon" in each of the places where
directories are created. In practice, many of these should otherwise be
handled by packaging scripts but if they exist then we should ensure the
correct SELinux context is set.
On systems where 'restorecon' is unavailable, this should be a no-op.
VMware-BZ: #1732672
Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <j...@ovn.org>
---
Fortunately, the 'install' command comes with a handy '-Z' option which
should set the default SELinux context for a file when creating it.
Unfortunately, this doesn't work the way we need it to - rather than
taking the correct context for this particular file, it seems to take
some generic global default context so it doesn't fix the problem. Using
'restorecon' seems like the most robust way to address this.
---
utilities/ovs-lib.in | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/utilities/ovs-lib.in b/utilities/ovs-lib.in
index cbad85a36007..a6c446a9fbec 100644
--- a/utilities/ovs-lib.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-lib.in
@@ -157,15 +157,18 @@ start_daemon () {
# drop core files in a sensible place
test -d "$DAEMON_CWD" || install -d -m 755 -o root -g root "$DAEMON_CWD"
+ restorecon -R "$DAEMON_CWD" >/dev/null 2>&1
set "$@" --no-chdir
cd "$DAEMON_CWD"
# log file
test -d "$logdir" || install -d -m 755 -o root -g root "$logdir"
+ restorecon -R "$logdir" >/dev/null 2>&1
set "$@" --log-file="$logdir/$daemon.log"
# pidfile and monitoring
test -d "$rundir" || install -d -m 755 -o root -g root "$rundir"
+ restorecon -R "$rundir" >/dev/null 2>&1
set "$@" --pidfile="$rundir/$daemon.pid"
set "$@" --detach
test X"$MONITOR" = Xno || set "$@" --monitor
@@ -381,6 +384,7 @@ upgrade_db () {
if test ! -e "$DB_FILE"; then
log_warning_msg "$DB_FILE does not exist"
install -d -m 755 -o root -g root `dirname $DB_FILE`
+ restorecon -R `dirname $DB_FILE` >/dev/null 2>&1
create_db "$DB_FILE" "$DB_SCHEMA"
elif test X"`ovsdb_tool needs-conversion "$DB_FILE" "$DB_SCHEMA"`" != Xno;
then
# Back up the old version.
--
2.9.3
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