RHBA-2022:7691 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for selinux-policy is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1721943 - SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/ip from write access on the file /var/log/vmware-imc/toolsDeployPkg.log
• BZ - 1852086 - allow rhsmcertd_t var_log_t:dir add_name and :file create
• BZ - 1897517 - php-fpm can't write into redis' socket
• BZ - 2008033 - SELinux is preventing to use vrrp_rt_priority of keepalived(RHEL8.4).
• BZ - 2059509 - dhcpd cannot read /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
• BZ - 2060721 - SELinux prevents sssd from using the inotify_add_watch syscall on the /run/systemd/resolve directory
• BZ - 2060834 - "systemctl start insights-client" broken
• BZ - 2062607 - AVC denied for chronyd socket [rhel-8.7.0]
• BZ - 2063195 - insights-client-results.service gets selinux denials and permission denied
• BZ - 2063871 - AVC lldpad denied sendto scontext=system_u:system_r:lldpad_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:unconfined_service_t:s0 tclass=unix_dgram_socket
• BZ - 2066005 - SELinux is preventing /usr/libexec/postfix/lmtp from write access on the sock_file lmtp.
• BZ - 2068007 - SELinux is preventing hostapd from 'sendto' accesses on the unix_dgram_socket /tmp/wpa_ctrl_439937-1. [rhel-8.7.0]
• BZ - 2073349 - SELinux prevents the ntlm_auth process from reading the /proc/net/unix file
• BZ - 2075810 - sblim-sfcbd daemon cannot connect to reposd unix socket
• BZ - 2076641 - rhel8.7: SELinux rules for rng-tools
• BZ - 2081907 - SELinux prevents audisp-remote to send message
• BZ - 2083504 - samba-dcerpcd and samba rpcd programs need selinux-policy permissions
• BZ - 2083940 - SELinux is preventing privoxy from using the 'execmem' accesses on a process.
• BZ - 2087069 - After upgrading system to RHEL 8.6, insights-client fails to run when it's triggered via systemd
• BZ - 2090800 - SELinux is preventing ss from nlmsg_read access on the netlink_tcpdiag_socket labeled ctdbd_t
• BZ - 2096825 - ipa trust-add fails due to a missing SELinux policy for samba-dcerpcd
• BZ - 2098189 - SELinux prevents the keepalived process from reading the /sys/devices/system/cpu/ directory
• BZ - 2104913 - insights-client raises SELinux issues
• BZ - 2108383 - selinux-policy AVC during "mount -t cifs"
• BZ - 2117199 - RHEL8.7 AVC during ipa trust-add
• BZ - 2118628 - [RHEL8] chronyd not allowed to bind to PTP event port
• BZ - 2119472 - Mode default differs for /var/lib/sepolgen/interface_info provided by selinux-policy-devel
• BZ - 2119507 - insights-client fails to execute additional services

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.7_release_notes/index