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Bug 1162305

Summary:	mailx fails when used with mail server other than Sendmail Inc sendmail or postfix
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer>
Component:	selinux-policy	Assignee:	Lukas Vrabec <lvrabec>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Milos Malik <mmalik>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	7.0	CC:	gordon.messmer, lvrabec, mgrepl, mmalik, plautrba, pvrabec
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	selinux-policy-3.13.1-81.el7	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Clone Of:
Clones:	1166664 1210298 1323224 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2016-11-04 02:17:50 UTC	Type:	Bug
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Blocks:	1166664, 1210298

Description Gordon Messmer 2014-11-10 19:40:55 UTC

Description of problem:
/bin/mailx is labeled sendmail_exec_t, and enters the sendmail_t domain on execution.  If /usr/sbin/sendmail does not have its own domain to transition to, and is not one of several products whose behavior is allowed by the sendmail_t policy, execution will fail.

Because mailx isn't SUID, there's virtually no value in transitioning to the sendmail_t domain on execution.  When Sendmail Inc sendmail or Postfix is used, the sendmail_t transition will occur on execution of their sendmail binary, and its behavior will be confined correctly.

That is, there is no benefit to labeling /sbin/mailx and no cost to not labeling it.

Could you please remove the sendmail_exec_t label on /sbin/mailx from policy, so that it is labeled bin_t?

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Courier MTA (for example)
2. Install cron job that executes "mail" to send email

Comment 4 Miroslav Grepl 2015-12-18 15:33:32 UTC

Could you attach raw AVC messages?

Thank you.

Comment 5 Gordon Messmer 2015-12-21 06:27:52 UTC

I can, but they're not meaningful.  They document the problem with only one non-Sendmail Inc. sendmail binary, and in only one configuration.  Adding these will not remedy the problem completely.

type=USER_AVC msg=audit(1450678921.538:9380): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='avc:  received policyload notice (seqno=2)  exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" sauid=0 hostname=? addr=? terminal=?'
type=AVC msg=audit(1450678921.613:9383): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=8480 comm="submit" name="enablefiltering" dev="dm-1" ino=133928 scontext=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:courier_etc_t:s0 tclass=file
type=AVC msg=audit(1450678921.613:9383): avc:  denied  { open } for  pid=8480 comm="submit" path="/etc/courier/enablefiltering" dev="dm-1" ino=133928 scontext=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:courier_etc_t:s0 tclass=file
type=AVC msg=audit(1450678921.614:9384): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=8480 comm="submit" path="/etc/courier/enablefiltering" dev="dm-1" ino=133928 scontext=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:courier_etc_t:s0 tclass=file
type=AVC msg=audit(1450678921.615:9385): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=8480 comm="submit" name="aliases.dat" dev="dm-1" ino=131119 scontext=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:courier_etc_t:s0 tclass=file
type=AVC msg=audit(1450678921.615:9385): avc:  denied  { open } for  pid=8480 comm="submit" path="/etc/courier/aliases.dat" dev="dm-1" ino=131119 scontext=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:courier_etc_t:s0 tclass=file
type=AVC msg=audit(1450678921.615:9386): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=8480 comm="submit" path="/etc/courier/aliases.dat" dev="dm-1" ino=131119 scontext=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:courier_etc_t:s0 tclass=file
type=AVC msg=audit(1450678921.615:9387): avc:  denied  { lock } for  pid=8480 comm="submit" path="/etc/courier/aliases.dat" dev="dm-1" ino=131119 scontext=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:courier_etc_t:s0 tclass=file
type=AVC msg=audit(1450678921.615:9388): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=8480 comm="submit" name="locals" dev="dm-1" ino=143725 scontext=system_u:system_r:system_mail_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:courier_etc_t:s0 tclass=lnk_file

Comment 6 Miroslav Grepl 2016-01-04 09:32:24 UTC

You are right, it makes sense.

Comment 7 Lukas Vrabec 2016-03-11 16:13:52 UTC

We have more troubles around labeling mailx. I'm going to test it. 

Thank you for reporting bug.

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-04 02:17:50 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-2016-2283.html