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1<!-- Common Interface Language (CIL) Reference Guide -->
2           <!-- conditional_statements.xml -->
3
4   <sect1>
5      <title>Conditional Statements</title>
6      <sect2 id="boolean">
7         <title>boolean</title>
8         <para>Declares a run time boolean as true or false in the current namespace. The <literal><link linkend="booleanif">booleanif</link></literal> statement contains the CIL code that will be in the binary policy file.</para>
9         <para><emphasis role="bold">Statement definition:</emphasis></para>
10         <programlisting><![CDATA[(boolean boolean_id true|false)]]></programlisting>
11         <para><emphasis role="bold">Where:</emphasis></para>
12         <informaltable frame="all">
13            <tgroup cols="2">
14            <colspec colwidth="2 *"/>
15            <colspec colwidth="6 *"/>
16               <tbody>
17               <row>
18                  <entry>
19                     <para><literal><link linkend="boolean">boolean</link></literal></para>
20                  </entry>
21                  <entry>
22                     <para>The <literal><link linkend="boolean">boolean</link></literal> keyword.</para>
23                  </entry>
24               </row>
25               <row>
26                  <entry>
27                     <para><literal>boolean_id</literal></para>
28                  </entry>
29                  <entry>
30                     <para>The <literal><link linkend="boolean">boolean</link></literal> identifier.</para>
31                  </entry>
32               </row>
33               <row>
34                  <entry>
35                     <para><literal>true | false</literal></para>
36                  </entry>
37                  <entry>
38                     <para>The initial state of the boolean. This can be changed at run time using <emphasis role="bold"><literal>setsebool</literal></emphasis><literal>(8)</literal> and its status queried using  <emphasis role="bold"><literal>getsebool</literal></emphasis><literal>(8)</literal>.</para>
39                  </entry>
40               </row>
41            </tbody></tgroup>
42         </informaltable>
43         <para><emphasis role="bold">Example:</emphasis></para>
44         <para>See the <literal><link linkend="booleanif">booleanif</link></literal> statement for an example.</para>
45      </sect2>
46
47      <sect2 id="booleanif">
48         <title>booleanif</title>
49         <para>Contains the run time conditional statements that are instantiated in the binary policy according to the computed boolean identifier(s) state.</para>
50         <para><literal><link linkend="call">call</link></literal> statements are allowed within a <literal><link linkend="booleanif">booleanif</link></literal>, however the contents of the resulting macro must be limited to those of the <literal><link linkend="booleanif">booleanif</link></literal> statement (i.e. <literal><link linkend="allow">allow</link></literal>, <literal><link linkend="auditallow">auditallow</link></literal>, <literal><link linkend="dontaudit">dontaudit</link></literal>, <literal><link linkend="typemember">typemember</link></literal>, <literal><link linkend="typetransition">typetransition</link></literal>, <literal><link linkend="typechange">typechange</link></literal> and the compile time <literal><link linkend="tunableif">tunableif</link></literal> statement)).</para>
51         <para><emphasis role="bold">Statement definition:</emphasis></para>
52         <programlisting><![CDATA[
53(booleanif boolean_id | expr ...)
54    (true
55        cil_statements
56        ...)
57    (false
58        cil_statements
59        ...)
60)]]>
61         </programlisting>
62         <para><emphasis role="bold">Where:</emphasis></para>
63         <informaltable frame="all">
64            <tgroup cols="2">
65            <colspec colwidth="2 *"/>
66            <colspec colwidth="6 *"/>
67               <tbody>
68               <row>
69                  <entry>
70                     <para><literal><link linkend="booleanif">booleanif</link></literal></para>
71                  </entry>
72                  <entry>
73                     <para>The <literal><link linkend="booleanif">booleanif</link></literal> keyword.</para>
74                  </entry>
75               </row>
76               <row>
77                  <entry>
78                     <para><literal>boolean_id</literal></para>
79                  </entry>
80                  <entry>
81                     <para>Either a single <literal><link linkend="boolean">boolean</link></literal> identifier or one or more <literal>expr</literal>'s.</para>
82                  </entry>
83               </row>
84               <row>
85                  <entry>
86                     <para><literal>expr</literal></para>
87                  </entry>
88                  <entry>
89                     <para>Zero or more <literal>expr</literal>'s, the valid operators and syntax are:</para>
90                     <simpara><literal>    (and (boolean_id boolean_id))</literal></simpara>
91                     <simpara><literal>    (or  (boolean_id boolean_id))</literal></simpara>
92                     <simpara><literal>    (xor (boolean_id boolean_id))</literal></simpara>
93                     <simpara><literal>    (eq  (boolean_id boolean_id))</literal></simpara>
94                     <simpara><literal>    (neq (boolean_id boolean_id))</literal></simpara>
95                     <simpara><literal>    (not (boolean_id))</literal></simpara>
96                  </entry>
97               </row>
98               <row>
99                  <entry>
100                     <para><literal>true</literal></para>
101                  </entry>
102                  <entry>
103                     <para>An optional set of CIL statements that will be instantiated when the <literal><link linkend="boolean">boolean</link></literal> is evaluated as <literal>true</literal>.</para>
104                  </entry>
105               </row>
106               <row>
107                  <entry>
108                     <para><literal>false</literal></para>
109                  </entry>
110                  <entry>
111                     <para>An optional set of CIL statements that will be instantiated when the <literal><link linkend="boolean">boolean</link></literal> is evaluated as <literal>false</literal>.</para>
112                  </entry>
113               </row>
114            </tbody></tgroup>
115         </informaltable>
116
117         <para><emphasis role="bold">Examples:</emphasis></para>
118         <para>The second example also shows the kernel policy language equivalent:</para>
119         <programlisting><![CDATA[
120(boolean disableAudio false)
121
122(booleanif disableAudio
123    (false
124        (allow process mediaserver.audio_device (chr_file_set (rw_file_perms)))
125    )
126)]]>
127         </programlisting>
128         <programlisting><![CDATA[
129(boolean disableAudioCapture false)
130
131;;; if(!disableAudio && !disableAudioCapture) {
132(booleanif (and (not disableAudio) (not disableAudioCapture))
133    (true
134        (allow process mediaserver.audio_capture_device (chr_file_set (rw_file_perms)))
135    )
136)]]>
137      </programlisting>
138      </sect2>
139
140      <sect2 id="tunable">
141         <title>tunable</title>
142         <para>Tunables are similar to booleans, however they are used to manage areas of CIL statements that may or may not be in the final CIL policy that will be compiled (whereas booleans are embedded in the binary policy and can be enabled or disabled during run-time).</para>
143         <para>Note that tunables can be treated as booleans by the CIL compiler command line parameter <literal>-P</literal> or <literal>--preserve-tunables</literal> flags.</para>
144         <para><emphasis role="bold">Statement definition:</emphasis></para>
145         <programlisting><![CDATA[(tunable tunable_id true|false)]]></programlisting>
146         <para><emphasis role="bold">Where:</emphasis></para>
147         <informaltable frame="all">
148            <tgroup cols="2">
149            <colspec colwidth="2 *"/>
150            <colspec colwidth="6 *"/>
151               <tbody>
152               <row>
153                  <entry>
154                     <para><literal>tunable</literal></para>
155                  </entry>
156                  <entry>
157                     <para>The <literal><link linkend="tunable">tunable</link></literal> keyword.</para>
158                  </entry>
159               </row>
160               <row>
161                  <entry>
162                     <para><literal>tunable_id</literal></para>
163                  </entry>
164                  <entry>
165                     <para>The <literal><link linkend="tunable">tunable</link></literal> identifier.</para>
166                  </entry>
167               </row>
168               <row>
169                  <entry>
170                     <para><literal>true | false</literal></para>
171                  </entry>
172                  <entry>
173                     <para>The initial state of the <literal><link linkend="tunable">tunable</link></literal>.</para>
174                  </entry>
175               </row>
176            </tbody></tgroup>
177         </informaltable>
178         <para><emphasis role="bold">Example:</emphasis></para>
179         <para>See the <literal><link linkend="tunableif">tunableif</link></literal> statement for an example.</para>
180      </sect2>
181
182      <sect2 id="tunableif">
183         <title>tunableif</title>
184         <para>Compile time conditional statement that may or may not add CIL statements to be compiled.</para>
185         <para><emphasis role="bold">Statement definition:</emphasis></para>
186         <programlisting><![CDATA[
187(tunableif tunable_id | expr ...)
188    (true
189        cil_statements
190        ...)
191    (false
192        cil_statements
193        ...)
194)]]>
195         </programlisting>
196         <para><emphasis role="bold">Where:</emphasis></para>
197         <informaltable frame="all">
198            <tgroup cols="2">
199            <colspec colwidth="2 *"/>
200            <colspec colwidth="6 *"/>
201               <tbody>
202               <row>
203                  <entry>
204                     <para><literal>tunableif</literal></para>
205                  </entry>
206                  <entry>
207                     <para>The <literal><link linkend="tunableif">tunableif</link></literal> keyword.</para>
208                  </entry>
209               </row>
210               <row>
211                  <entry>
212                     <para><literal>tunable_id</literal></para>
213                  </entry>
214                  <entry>
215                     <para>Either a single <literal><link linkend="tunable">tunable</link></literal> identifier or one or more <literal>expr</literal>'s.</para>
216                  </entry>
217               </row>
218               <row>
219                  <entry>
220                     <para><literal>expr</literal></para>
221                  </entry>
222                  <entry>
223                     <para>Zero or more <literal>expr</literal>'s, the valid operators and syntax are:</para>
224                     <simpara><literal>    (and (tunable_id tunable_id))</literal></simpara>
225                     <simpara><literal>    (or  (tunable_id tunable_id))</literal></simpara>
226                     <simpara><literal>    (xor (tunable_id tunable_id))</literal></simpara>
227                     <simpara><literal>    (eq  (tunable_id tunable_id))</literal></simpara>
228                     <simpara><literal>    (neq (tunable_id tunable_id))</literal></simpara>
229                     <simpara><literal>    (not (tunable_id))</literal></simpara>
230                  </entry>
231               </row>
232               <row>
233                  <entry>
234                     <para><literal>true</literal></para>
235                  </entry>
236                  <entry>
237                     <para>An optional set of CIL statements that will be instantiated when the <literal><link linkend="tunable">tunable</link></literal> is evaluated as <literal>true</literal>.</para>
238                  </entry>
239               </row>
240               <row>
241                  <entry>
242                     <para><literal>false</literal></para>
243                  </entry>
244                  <entry>
245                     <para>An optional set of CIL statements that will be instantiated when the <literal><link linkend="tunable">tunable</link></literal> is evaluated as <literal>false</literal>.</para>
246                  </entry>
247               </row>
248            </tbody></tgroup>
249         </informaltable>
250
251         <para><emphasis role="bold">Example:</emphasis></para>
252         <para>This example will not add the range transition rule to the binary policy:</para>
253         <programlisting><![CDATA[
254(tunable range_trans_rule false)
255
256(block init
257    (class process (process))
258    (type process)
259
260    (tunableif range_trans_rule
261        (true
262            (rangetransition process sshd.exec process low_high)
263        )
264    ) ; End tunableif
265) ; End block]]>
266         </programlisting>
267      </sect2>
268
269   </sect1>
270