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Bug 1160174

Summary: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/brctl from 'read' accesses on the file .
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: David Jaša <djasa>
Component: selinux-policyAssignee: Miroslav Grepl <mgrepl>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Milos Malik <mmalik>
Severity: unspecified Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 7.1CC: djasa, lvrabec, mgrepl, mmalik, plautrba, pvrabec
Target Milestone: rc   
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard: abrt_hash:e8f2805f0eeec2d61adcbca237f0b38facbcb9d52668fe9db32cf8824025ccad
Fixed In Version: selinux-policy-3.13.1-7.el7.noarch Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2015-03-05 10:46:29 UTC Type: ---
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Description Flags
grep -B 100 -A 50 /usr/sbin/brctl /var/log/messages none

Description David Jaša 2014-11-04 08:59:08 UTC
Description of problem:
SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/brctl from 'read' accesses on the file .

*****  Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests   **************************

If you believe that brctl should be allowed read access on the  file by default.
Then you should report this as a bug.
You can generate a local policy module to allow this access.
Do
allow this access for now by executing:
# grep brctl /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol
# semodule -i mypol.pp

Additional Information:
Source Context                system_u:system_r:brctl_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
Target Context                system_u:object_r:proc_t:s0
Target Objects                 [ file ]
Source                        brctl
Source Path                   /usr/sbin/brctl
Port                          <Unknown>
Host                          (removed)
Source RPM Packages           bridge-utils-1.5-9.el7.x86_64
Target RPM Packages           
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.13.1-7.el7.noarch
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Host Name                     (removed)
Platform                      Linux (removed) 3.10.0-196.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue
                              Oct 28 11:16:22 EDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64
Alert Count                   1
First Seen                    2014-11-04 09:57:44 CET
Last Seen                     2014-11-04 09:57:44 CET
Local ID                      117024ea-bf40-4bf2-8b5d-fab4f44977f9

Raw Audit Messages
type=AVC msg=audit(1415091464.613:2904): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=10675 comm="brctl" name="meminfo" dev="proc" ino=4026532039 scontext=system_u:system_r:brctl_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:proc_t:s0 tclass=file


type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1415091464.613:2904): arch=x86_64 syscall=open success=no exit=EACCES a0=7fcea4943789 a1=80000 a2=1b6 a3=7fff83f67770 items=0 ppid=10674 pid=10675 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm=brctl exe=/usr/sbin/brctl subj=system_u:system_r:brctl_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null)

Hash: brctl,brctl_t,proc_t,file,read

Additional info:
reporter:       libreport-2.1.11
hashmarkername: setroubleshoot
kernel:         3.10.0-196.el7.x86_64
type:           libreport

Comment 2 Milos Malik 2014-11-04 09:14:25 UTC
Who runs the brctl tool? It seems to be executed from an init script or systemd unit file.

Comment 3 David Jaša 2014-11-04 14:59:25 UTC
Created attachment 953646 [details]
grep -B 100 -A 50 /usr/sbin/brctl /var/log/messages

(In reply to Milos Malik from comment #2)
> Who runs the brctl tool? It seems to be executed from an init script or
> systemd unit file.

I have no idea. The selinux warning just pops up from time to time without any trace of caller in the logs (snippet of messages is attached)

Comment 4 Miroslav Grepl 2014-11-05 09:49:08 UTC
commit 92348c5dc13cd53385808955d03e6a004484561c
Author: Miroslav Grepl <mgrepl>
Date:   Wed Nov 5 10:48:34 2014 +0100

    Allow brctl to read meminfo.

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2015-03-05 10:46:29 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-0458.html