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Verify Group Who Owns /etc/selinux Directory

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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

Rationale

The ownership of the /etc/selinux directory by the root group 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_groupowner_etc_selinux
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

An Ansible Snippet

- name: Ensure group owner on /etc/selinux/
  file:
    path: /etc/selinux/
    state: directory
    group: root
  when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]

A Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
find -H /etc/selinux/ -maxdepth 1 -L -type d -exec chgrp -L root {} \;

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