kube-bench is not applying on k8s - kubernetes

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I am trying to apply the kube-bench on k8s cluster on gcp environment. while creating the cluster it is failing with message:
Error: failed to generate container "<container_id>" spec: failed to generate spec: failed to mkdir "/srv/kubernetes": mkdir /srv: read-only file system
job.yml:
apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: Job
metadata:
name: kube-bench-master
spec:
template:
spec:
hostPID: true
nodeSelector:
node-role.kubernetes.io/master: ""
tolerations:
- key: node-role.kubernetes.io/master
operator: Exists
effect: NoSchedule
containers:
- name: kube-bench
image: aquasec/kube-bench:latest
command: ["kube-bench", "run", "--targets", "master"]
volumeMounts:
- name: var-lib-etcd
mountPath: /var/lib/etcd
readOnly: true
- name: var-lib-kubelet
mountPath: /var/lib/kubelet
readOnly: true
- name: var-lib-kube-scheduler
mountPath: /var/lib/kube-scheduler
readOnly: true
- name: var-lib-kube-controller-manager
mountPath: /var/lib/kube-controller-manager
readOnly: true
- name: etc-systemd
mountPath: /etc/systemd
readOnly: true
- name: lib-systemd
mountPath: /lib/systemd/
readOnly: true
- name: srv-kubernetes
mountPath: /srv/kubernetes/
readOnly: true
- name: etc-kubernetes
mountPath: /etc/kubernetes
readOnly: true
# /usr/local/mount-from-host/bin is mounted to access kubectl / kubelet, for auto-detecting the Kubernetes version.
# You can omit this mount if you specify --version as part of the command.
- name: usr-bin
mountPath: /usr/local/mount-from-host/bin
readOnly: true
- name: etc-cni-netd
mountPath: /etc/cni/net.d/
readOnly: true
- name: opt-cni-bin
mountPath: /opt/cni/bin/
readOnly: true
- name: etc-passwd
mountPath: /etc/passwd
readOnly: true
- name: etc-group
mountPath: /etc/group
readOnly: true
restartPolicy: Never
volumes:
- name: var-lib-etcd
hostPath:
path: "/var/lib/etcd"
- name: var-lib-kubelet
hostPath:
path: "/var/lib/kubelet"
- name: var-lib-kube-scheduler
hostPath:
path: "/var/lib/kube-scheduler"
- name: var-lib-kube-controller-manager
hostPath:
path: "/var/lib/kube-controller-manager"
- name: etc-systemd
hostPath:
path: "/etc/systemd"
- name: lib-systemd
hostPath:
path: "/lib/systemd"
- name: srv-kubernetes
hostPath:
path: "/srv/kubernetes"
- name: etc-kubernetes
hostPath:
path: "/etc/kubernetes"
- name: usr-bin
hostPath:
path: "/usr/bin"
- name: etc-cni-netd
hostPath:
path: "/etc/cni/net.d/"
- name: opt-cni-bin
hostPath:
path: "/opt/cni/bin/"
- name: etc-passwd
hostPath:
path: "/etc/passwd"
- name: etc-group
hostPath:
path: "/etc/group"
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Answer 1

Your trying to create folder inside folder with permission ReadOnly.
The easiest workaround to make it work is changing your path form:
- name: srv-kubernetes
mountPath: /srv/kubernetes/
to f.e. :
- name: srv-kubernetes
mountPath: /tmp/kubernetes/
The second solution is to change permissions for this folder.
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