Bug 227199

Summary: SELinux is preventing /usr/libexec/hald-addon-macbookpro-backlight (hald_t) "read write" access to mem (memory_device_t).
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Ruben Kerkhof <ruben>
Component: halAssignee: David Zeuthen <davidz>
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Version: 6CC: dwalsh, mclasen
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Fixed In Version: 2.4.6-37 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Ruben Kerkhof 2007-02-03 12:19:51 UTC
Output from setroubleshoot:

Additional Information:       

Source Context:               system_u:system_r:hald_t
Target Context:               system_u:object_r:memory_device_t
Target Objects:               mem [ chr_file ]
Affected RPM Packages:        hal-0.5.8.1-6.fc6 [application]
Policy RPM:                   selinux-policy-2.4.6-27.fc6
Selinux Enabled:              True
Policy Type:                  targeted
MLS Enabled:                  True
Enforcing Mode:               Enforcing
Plugin Name:                  plugins.disable_trans
Host Name:                    wodan.marshallplein.nl
Platform:                     Linux wodan.marshallplein.nl 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 #1
SMP Wed Jan 10 19:28:18 EST 2007 i686 i686
Alert Count:                  1
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Raw Audit Messages:           

avc: denied { read, write } for comm="hald-addon-macb" dev=tmpfs egid=0 euid=0
exe="/usr/libexec/hald-addon-macbookpro-backlight" exit=-13 fsgid=0 fsuid=0
gid=0 items=0 name="mem" pid=2978 scontext=system_u:system_r:hald_t:s0 sgid=0
subj=system_u:system_r:hald_t:s0 suid=0 tclass=chr_file
tcontext=system_u:object_r:memory_device_t:s0 tty=(none) uid=0

Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2007-02-14 21:06:38 UTC
Fixed in selinux-policy-2.4.6-37

Comment 2 Ruben Kerkhof 2007-02-17 14:49:34 UTC
Thanks Daniel, it now works on my Macbook.