[ubuntu-hardened] SELinux on Karmic?

[Kees Cook]

Hi,

On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 11:15:00AM -0400, John Dong wrote:
> SELinux only relies on GRUB for passing in selinux=1 /
> apparmor.enabled=0, correct?
> 
> This system is actually upgraded from a stock Jaunty install so it's
> currently running GRUB1. I see selinux=1 passed into the kernel but the
> userland doesn't seem to react; sestatus reports itself as disabled,
> nothing is mounted at /selinux, etc, which would lead me to suspect
> something in addition to grub2 being the culprit?

Actually, in addition to the grub2 stuff, the kernel changed how it does
LSM selection.  I think it needs to be security=selinux instead of
selinux=1, but I haven't tested it myself.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Ubuntu Security Team