# update_engine payload application permissions. These are shared between the # background daemon and the recovery tool to sideload an update. # Allow update_engine to reach block devices in /dev/block. allow update_engine_common block_device:dir search; # Allow read/write on system and boot partitions. allow update_engine_common boot_block_device:blk_file rw_file_perms; allow update_engine_common system_block_device:blk_file rw_file_perms; # Where ioctls are granted via standard allow rules to block devices, # automatically allow common ioctls that are generally needed by # update_engine. allowxperm update_engine_common dev_type:blk_file ioctl { BLKDISCARD BLKDISCARDZEROES BLKROGET BLKROSET BLKSECDISCARD BLKZEROOUT }; # Allow to set recovery options in the BCB. Used to trigger factory reset when # the update to an older version (channel change) or incompatible version # requires it. allow update_engine_common misc_block_device:blk_file rw_file_perms; # read fstab allow update_engine_common rootfs:dir getattr; allow update_engine_common rootfs:file r_file_perms; # Allow update_engine_common to mount on the /postinstall directory and reset the # labels on the mounted filesystem to postinstall_file. allow update_engine_common postinstall_mnt_dir:dir { mounton getattr search }; allow update_engine_common postinstall_file:filesystem { mount unmount relabelfrom relabelto }; allow update_engine_common labeledfs:filesystem relabelfrom; # Allow update_engine_common to read and execute postinstall_file. allow update_engine_common postinstall_file:file rx_file_perms; allow update_engine_common postinstall_file:lnk_file r_file_perms; allow update_engine_common postinstall_file:dir r_dir_perms; # install update.zip from cache r_dir_file(update_engine_common, cache_file) # A postinstall program is typically a shell script (with a #!), so we allow # to execute those. allow update_engine_common shell_exec:file rx_file_perms; # Allow update_engine_common to suspend, resume and kill the postinstall program. allow update_engine_common postinstall:process { signal sigstop sigkill }; # access /proc/cmdline allow update_engine_common proc_cmdline:file r_file_perms; # Read files in /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/firmware/android/ r_dir_file(update_engine_common, sysfs_dt_firmware_android) # Needed because libdm reads sysfs to validate when a dm path is ready. r_dir_file(update_engine_common, sysfs_dm) # read / write on /dev/device-mapper to map / unmap devices allow update_engine_common dm_device:chr_file rw_file_perms; # apply / verify updates on devices mapped via device mapper allow update_engine_common dm_device:blk_file rw_file_perms; # read / write metadata on super device to resize partitions allow update_engine_common super_block_device_type:blk_file rw_file_perms; # ioctl on super device to get block device alignment and alignment offset allowxperm update_engine_common super_block_device_type:blk_file ioctl { BLKIOMIN BLKALIGNOFF }; # get physical block device to map logical partitions on device mapper allow update_engine_common block_device:dir r_dir_perms; # Allow update_engine_common to write to statsd socket. unix_socket_send(update_engine_common, statsdw, statsd) # Allow to read Virtual A/B feature flags. get_prop(update_engine_common, virtual_ab_prop) # Allow to read/write/create OTA metadata files for snapshot status and COW file status. allow update_engine_common metadata_file:dir search; allow update_engine_common ota_metadata_file:dir rw_dir_perms; allow update_engine_common ota_metadata_file:file create_file_perms;