- Issued:
- 2010-03-30
- Updated:
- 2010-03-30
RHBA-2010:0184 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
checkpolicy bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated checkpolicy package that makes a man page correction, fixes help
message and man page omissions and allows the unknown access flag to be
specified is now available.
Description
checkpolicy is the policy compiler for Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux).
The checkpolicy utility is required for building SELinux policies.
This updated checkpolicy package addresses the following issues:
- newer SELinux kernels have access checks that the shipping SELinux policy
package does not understand. The kernel currently denies these access
checks by default. This updated checkpolicy package can build an
selinux-policy package that tells the kernel to "Allow" unknown access.
(BZ#531229)
- the checkpolicy man page listed (but did not otherwise document) a "-m"
switch. checkpolicy supports a "-M" switch but not a "-m" switch. This
update removes the "-m" option from the checkpolicy SYNOPSIS. Note: the
"-M" switch was and is documented in the OPTIONS section of the checkpolicy
man page. (BZ#533790)
- checkmodule's "-d" switch (which switches the tool to debug mode) was
documented in the checkmodule man page but not in the output of
checkmodule's help message (ie the output of "checkmodule --help" or
"checkmodule -h"). Also, the "-h" switch was not documented at all. With
this update, the "-d" switch is now included in help message output and the
"-h" switch is documented in both the checkmodule man page and the
checkmodule help message. (BZ#533796)
All SELinux users should install this updated package which resolves these
issues.
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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 531229 - Real Time Kernel supports SELinux options not available in policy
- BZ - 533790 - unsupported option in checkpolicy man page
- BZ - 533796 - '-d' and '-h' options omitted in help message of checkmodule
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4a00ebd45d938635ed603a207162259256ab8c498fd69057366ffdd411a0a00b |
x86_64 | |
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ab856f2b250dcab3befab968b29f143e52901f22541d51d7feb553579ef94317 |
ia64 | |
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: acec29aadb7b2497122e03c79d548af932abdb2a8b790e255100c84e350cc1b8 |
i386 | |
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c6e800ef9567cd45ee3ce3357b5787a6fa21aeeac2d7e55a294e9740c65e70e3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4a00ebd45d938635ed603a207162259256ab8c498fd69057366ffdd411a0a00b |
x86_64 | |
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ab856f2b250dcab3befab968b29f143e52901f22541d51d7feb553579ef94317 |
i386 | |
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c6e800ef9567cd45ee3ce3357b5787a6fa21aeeac2d7e55a294e9740c65e70e3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4a00ebd45d938635ed603a207162259256ab8c498fd69057366ffdd411a0a00b |
x86_64 | |
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ab856f2b250dcab3befab968b29f143e52901f22541d51d7feb553579ef94317 |
i386 | |
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c6e800ef9567cd45ee3ce3357b5787a6fa21aeeac2d7e55a294e9740c65e70e3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4a00ebd45d938635ed603a207162259256ab8c498fd69057366ffdd411a0a00b |
s390x | |
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 3890566180d9bd8b9d4f772ab2f6979b871b9f725dc3fc0a37bffb9d654b13bd |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4a00ebd45d938635ed603a207162259256ab8c498fd69057366ffdd411a0a00b |
ppc | |
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 491577f13d32587571a4ae05a2aaacd2b6bc1d823adc4ebbbd5c695d4ed6d822 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4a00ebd45d938635ed603a207162259256ab8c498fd69057366ffdd411a0a00b |
x86_64 | |
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ab856f2b250dcab3befab968b29f143e52901f22541d51d7feb553579ef94317 |
i386 | |
checkpolicy-1.33.1-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c6e800ef9567cd45ee3ce3357b5787a6fa21aeeac2d7e55a294e9740c65e70e3 |
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