Bug 221838

Summary: SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/python (semanage_t) "ioctl" to pipe:[11703] (xdm_t).
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Erik Sohns <erik.sohns>
Component: selinux-policy-targetedAssignee: Daniel Walsh <dwalsh>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Ben Levenson <benl>
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Description Erik Sohns 2007-01-08 14:31:01 UTC 
Description of problem:
setroubleshoot caught this...

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Name        : selinux-policy-targeted      Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 2.4.6                             Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 23.fc6                        Build Date: Fri 05 Jan 2007 10:07:55
PM CET
Install Date: Mon 08 Jan 2007 02:03:26 PM CET      Build Host:
ls20-bc1-14.build.redhat.com
Group       : System Environment/Base       Source RPM:
selinux-policy-2.4.6-23.fc6.src.rpm
Size        : 17762197                         License: GPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Sun 07 Jan 2007 07:37:27 PM CET, Key ID da84cbd430c9ecf8
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL         : http://serefpolicy.sourceforge.net
Summary     : SELinux targeted base policy
Description :
SELinux Reference policy targeted base module.

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Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2007-01-08 17:14:25 UTC 
Do you know how you triggered this?
Comment 2 Erik Sohns 2007-01-08 17:30:58 UTC 
sorry, not really (adding setroubleshoot info)...

Source Context:  system_u:system_r:semanage_tTarget
Context:  system_u:system_r:xdm_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh
Target Objects:  pipe:[11703] [ fifo_file ]
Affected RPM Packages:  python-2.4.4-1.fc6 [application]
Policy RPM:  selinux-policy-2.4.6-23.fc6
Selinux Enabled:  True
Policy Type:  targeted
MLS Enabled:  True
Enforcing Mode:  Permissive
Plugin Name:  plugins.catchall
Host Name:  worms.home
Platform:  Linux worms.home 2.6.18-1.2869.fc6 #1 SMP Wed Dec 20 14:51:19 EST
2006 i686 athlon
Alert Count:  1
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Raw Audit Messages :
avc: denied { ioctl } for comm="genhomedircon" dev=pipefs egid=0 euid=0
exe="/usr/bin/python" exit=-22 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0 name="[11703]"
path="pipe:[11703]" pid=8348 scontext=system_u:system_r:semanage_t:s0 sgid=0
subj=system_u:system_r:semanage_t:s0 suid=0 tclass=fifo_file
tcontext=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tty=(none) uid=0
Comment 3 Daniel Walsh 2007-01-11 21:57:07 UTC 
Fixed in selinux-policy-2.4.6-25
Comment 4 Daniel Walsh 2007-09-12 17:08:02 UTC 
Moving modified bugs to closed