AlmaLinux OS 9 must have the policycoreutils package installed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-269431	ALMA-09-042040	SV-269431r1050314_rule		Medium

Description

Policycoreutils contains the policy core utilities that are required for basic operation of an SELinux-enabled system. These utilities include load_policy to load SELinux policies, setfile to label filesystems, newrole to switch roles, and run_init to run /etc/init.d scripts in the proper context.

STIG	Date
CloudLinux AlmaLinux OS 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2025-05-22

Details

Check Text (C-73462r1049701_chk)

Verify AlmaLinux OS 9 has the policycoreutils package installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed policycoreutils

policycoreutils.x86_64 3.5-1.el9 @anaconda

If the "policycoreutils" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-73363r1048670_fix)

The policycoreutils package can be installed with the following command:

$ dnf install policycoreutils