Bug 2290363

Summary: Pulseaudio is denied mapping a file in /run/pulse
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Göran Uddeborg <goeran>
Component: selinux-policyAssignee: Zdenek Pytela <zpytela>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 40CC: dwalsh, lvrabec, mmalik, omosnacek, pkoncity, vmojzis, zpytela
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My service file to start the pulseaudio server none

Description Göran Uddeborg 2024-06-04 12:13:47 UTC
Created attachment 2036251 [details]
My service file to start the pulseaudio server

Description of problem:
I have what you could call a "sound server". It is a machine having a USB sound device that other machines in the local network can connect to and play on. I do this by starting the pulseaudio server in "system mode".

Doing so I get the error that SELinux prevents "alsa-sing-USB A" from the map access on a file named /run/pulse/orcexec.Tw9Ifn. (The last 6 characters of course vary for each execution.)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pulseaudio-16.1-7.fc40.x86_64
selinux-policy-targeted-40.20-1.fc40.noarch


How reproducible:
Every start

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Activate pulseaudio in system mode via systemd (my service file is attached)

Actual results:
type=AVC msg=audit(1717356971.313:861): avc:  denied  { map } for  pid=831 comm=616C73612D73696E6B2D5553422041 path=2F72756E2F70756C73652F6F7263657865632E54773949666E202864656C6574656429 dev="tmpfs" ino=2349 scontext=system_u:system_r:pulseaudio_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:pulseaudio_var_run_t:s0 tclass=file permissive=0

Expected results:
No avc violations.

Additional info:
orcexec files are apparently created using liborc to make some JIT code. It seems to make sense for pulseaudio_t to be able to map files it has generated when they have the type pulseaudio_var_run_t.

Comment 1 Zdenek Pytela 2024-06-04 14:10:03 UTC
Makes sense to allow it as all other permissions are already there.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2024-06-10 10:44:22 UTC
FEDORA-2024-9fae7e7b23 (selinux-policy-40.22-1.fc40) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 40.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-9fae7e7b23

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2024-06-11 04:16:01 UTC
FEDORA-2024-9fae7e7b23 has been pushed to the Fedora 40 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2024-9fae7e7b23`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-9fae7e7b23

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2024-06-12 01:11:39 UTC
FEDORA-2024-9fae7e7b23 (selinux-policy-40.22-1.fc40) has been pushed to the Fedora 40 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.