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| From | Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel |
| Subject | Bug#906729: Please fix SELinux labels of /vmlinuz symlink after kernel update |
| Date | 2018-08-21 02:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <wp2pb-4cN-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <woOPg-4vN-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <woOPg-4vN-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
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Control: tag -1 moreinfo On Mon, 2018-08-20 at 11:36 +0200, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > Package: linux-base > Version: 4.5 > Severity: normal > File: /usr/bin/linux-update-symlinks > User: selinux-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org > Usertags: selinux > > Hi, > > After updating the kernel it seems that the /vmlinuz(.old) and > /initrd.img(.old) symlinks are deleted and then recreated. > > This means that the SELinux label of these symlinks should be reset. > > The easiest way of doing that is (as there are no perl bindings) to call > restorecon executable if the executable is installed on the machine as > it handel the case were selinux is disabled on the machine gracefully > > ie. restorecon /vmlinuz Why is this needed? Only boot loaders should be using these symlinks and they don't know or care about SELinux stuff. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. - Harrison
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Bug#906729: Please fix SELinux labels of /vmlinuz symlink after kernel update Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org> - 2018-08-20 11:40 +0200
Processed: Re: Bug#906729: Please fix SELinux labels of /vmlinuz symlink after kernel update "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2018-08-21 02:10 +0200
Bug#906729: Please fix SELinux labels of /vmlinuz symlink after kernel update Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-08-21 02:10 +0200
Bug#906729: Please fix SELinux labels of /vmlinuz symlink after kernel update Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com> - 2020-01-25 19:50 +0100
Bug#906729: Please fix SELinux labels of /vmlinuz symlink after kernel update bauen1 <j2468h@googlemail.com> - 2020-12-05 13:50 +0100
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