Spaces before values in /etc/selinux/config should be ignored just as spaces after them are. E.g. "SELINUXTYPE= targeted" should be a valid value. Fixes: # sed -i 's/^SELINUXTYPE=/SELINUXTYPE= /g' /etc/selinux/config # dnf install <any_package> ... RPM: error: selabel_open: (/etc/selinux/ targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts) No such file or directory RPM: error: Plugin selinux: hook tsm_pre failed ... Error: Could not run transaction. Signed-off-by: Vit Mojzis <vmojzis@xxxxxxxxxx> --- libselinux/src/selinux_config.c | 17 +++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/libselinux/src/selinux_config.c b/libselinux/src/selinux_config.c index 97f81a8b..d2e49ee1 100644 --- a/libselinux/src/selinux_config.c +++ b/libselinux/src/selinux_config.c @@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ int selinux_getenforcemode(int *enforce) FILE *cfg = fopen(SELINUXCONFIG, "re"); if (cfg) { char *buf; + char *tag; int len = sizeof(SELINUXTAG) - 1; buf = malloc(selinux_page_size); if (!buf) { @@ -101,21 +102,24 @@ int selinux_getenforcemode(int *enforce) while (fgets_unlocked(buf, selinux_page_size, cfg)) { if (strncmp(buf, SELINUXTAG, len)) continue; + tag = buf+len; + while (isspace(*tag)) + tag++; if (!strncasecmp - (buf + len, "enforcing", sizeof("enforcing") - 1)) { + (tag, "enforcing", sizeof("enforcing") - 1)) { *enforce = 1; ret = 0; break; } else if (!strncasecmp - (buf + len, "permissive", + (tag, "permissive", sizeof("permissive") - 1)) { *enforce = 0; ret = 0; break; } else if (!strncasecmp - (buf + len, "disabled", + (tag, "disabled", sizeof("disabled") - 1)) { *enforce = -1; ret = 0; @@ -176,7 +180,10 @@ static void init_selinux_config(void) if (!strncasecmp(buf_p, SELINUXTYPETAG, sizeof(SELINUXTYPETAG) - 1)) { - type = strdup(buf_p + sizeof(SELINUXTYPETAG) - 1); + buf_p += sizeof(SELINUXTYPETAG) - 1; + while (isspace(*buf_p)) + buf_p++; + type = strdup(buf_p); if (!type) { free(line_buf); fclose(fp); @@ -199,6 +206,8 @@ static void init_selinux_config(void) } else if (!strncmp(buf_p, REQUIRESEUSERS, sizeof(REQUIRESEUSERS) - 1)) { value = buf_p + sizeof(REQUIRESEUSERS) - 1; + while (isspace(*value)) + value++; intptr = &require_seusers; } else { continue; -- 2.30.2