Is selinux flag giving a false positive?

[test-pad]

Hi. I have a Samsung note 20 ultra. I am not sure why rootbeer sample app indicates that my phone is rooted. My phone is not rooted.

I have used other apps like root checker, advanced root checker and root beer fresh and all indicate my phone is not rooted.

May I know if there are ways to check if there is a bug or there are something that is causing the false positive? Some screenshots below for your reference.

Thank you very much.

[ghost]

There are old issues talking about this: https://github.com/scottyab/rootbeer/issues/179

Looks like no one maintains the project any more

[scottyab]

Hey @grubeli sorry it feels that way. Merged your PR thanks for the contribution.

[roshaan-sadapay]

@scottyab when you guys are gonna release this version?

[ale5000-git]

@scottyab Reading over the internet I have found that ro.build.selinux is unreliable, it may be 0 and still SELinux is enforced or it may also be missing completely.

It is more reliable to execute /system/bin/getenforce that return Enforcing, or read /sys/fs/selinux/enforce that return 1.

See also here: https://erev0s.com/blog/3-ways-detect-selinux-status-android-natively/

[mohamedebrahim96]

@ale5000-git

Could you please fix the code in pull request so that lib owner can merge

[malikzype]

Facing same issue. False Positive @ale5000-git Can you help?

[agnostic-apollo]

@scottyab You may wanna check https://github.com/kdrag0n/safetynet-fix/pull/166#issuecomment-1509789489 and remove the check altogether.

[HuskyDG]

this detector is dead

[VD171]

Selinux is returning a false positive.

[scottyab]

We have removed the Selinux method in 0.1.1 given it's not accessible on later versions of Android and is not "truly" an isRooted indicator. Thanks for flagging this issue.