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1.397 OL09-00-003010

Information

OL 9 must configure SELinux context type to allow the use of a nondefault faillock tally directory.

GROUP ID: V-271836
RULE ID: SV-271836r1092637

Not having the correct SELinux context on the faillock directory may lead to unauthorized access to the directory.

Solution

Configure OL 9 to allow the use of a nondefault faillock tally directory while SELinux enforces a targeted policy.

Create a nondefault faillock tally directory (if it does not already exist) with the following example:

$ sudo mkdir /var/log/faillock

Update the /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts.local with "faillog_t" context type for the nondefault faillock tally directory with the following command:

$ sudo semanage fcontext -a -t faillog_t "/var/log/faillock(/.*)?"

Update the context type of the nondefault faillock directory/subdirectories and files with the following command:

$ sudo restorecon -R -v /var/log/faillock

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27024

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-7a., CCI|CCI-000044, Rule-ID|SV-271836r1092637_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-003010, Vuln-ID|V-271836

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 4f6ef71d87af0fafdf4e168adbbee0b09408eb3196e28d224434e2fc6f87f35e