Ensure the SELinux mode is enforcing

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

alt0() { command -v grep >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step1: grep not installed"; return 1; }; o=$(bash -c 'grep -Pi -- '"'"'^\h*SELINUX=enforcing\b'"'"' /etc/selinux/config' 2>&1); printf '%s\n' "$o" | tr -s ' \t' '  ' | sed 's/^ //;s/ $//' | grep -Fxq -- SELINUX=enforcing || { echo step1: missing SELINUX=enforcing; return 1; }; command -v getenforce >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step2: getenforce not installed"; return 1; }; o=$(bash -c getenforce 2>&1); printf '%s\n' "$o" | tr -s ' \t' '  ' | sed 's/^ //;s/ $//' | grep -Fxq -- Enforcing || { echo step2: missing Enforcing; return 1; }; }; if alt0; then echo compliant; fi

Expected output

compliant

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

1. Edit /etc/selinux/config and update the SELINUX parameter to SELINUX=enforcing Example: SELINUX=enforcing 2. Update the SELinux running state to enforcing: • If SELinux is currently disabled: Run the following command to create /.autorelabel: # touch /.autorelabel Run the following command to reboot the system: # reboot WARNING: The autorelabel may be a long running process and require significant downtime. This should be planed for before executing the reboot! • If SELinux is not currently disabled: Run the following commands to set SELinux's running mode to Enforcing: # setenforce 1

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

tmaegis scan --target linux --level 2