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Verify User Who Owns /etc/selinux Directory

An XCCDF Rule

Description

To properly set the owner of /etc/selinux, run the command: 
$ sudo chown root /etc/selinux

Rationale

The ownership of the /etc/selinux directory by the root user is important because this directory hosts SELinux configuration. Protection of this directory is critical for system security. Assigning the ownership to root ensures exclusive control of the SELinux configuration.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_directory_owner_etc_selinux
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q kernel; then
find -H /etc/selinux/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec chown -L 0 {} \;

else
    >&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi

An Ansible Snippet

- name: Gather the package facts
  package_facts:
    manager: auto
  tags:
  - configure_strategy
  - directory_owner_etc_selinux