1insmod_selinux(8) SELinux Policy insmod insmod_selinux(8)
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6 insmod_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the insmod pro‐
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10 Security-Enhanced Linux secures the insmod processes via flexible
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13 The insmod processes execute with the insmod_t SELinux type. You can
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24 The insmod_t SELinux type can be entered via the insmod_exec_t file
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27 The default entrypoint paths for the insmod_t domain are the following:
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29 /sbin/rmmod.*, /sbin/insmod.*, /sbin/modprobe.*, /usr/sbin/rmmod.*,
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33 SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the
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36 You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps
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38 Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux
39 insmod policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their insmod
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42 The following process types are defined for insmod:
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46 Note: semanage permissive -a insmod_t can be used to make the process
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53 SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. insmod
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163 SELinux insmod policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their
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166 STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
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168 SELinux defines the file context types for the insmod, if you wanted to
169 store files with these types in a diffent paths, you need to execute
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173 semanage fcontext -a -t insmod_tmpfs_t '/srv/myinsmod_content(/.*)?'
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197 - Set files with the insmod_tmpfs_t type, if you want to store insmod
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237 selinux(8), insmod(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepol‐
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