Bug 408931

Summary: Multiple AVC denials with "mock init"
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jerry James <loganjerry>
Component: selinux-policyAssignee: Daniel Walsh <dwalsh>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Jerry James 2007-12-03 17:35:28 UTC
Description of problem:
Running "mock -r /etc/mock/fedora-8-x86_64.cfg init" resulted in 5 AVC denials.
 They are (briefly):

1) /usr/sbin/groupadd (groupadd_t) cannot "write" to /dev/null (var_lib_t).
2) /usr/sbin/groupadd (groupadd_t) cannot "ioctl" to /dev/null (var_lib_t).
3) /usr/sbin/useradd (useradd_t) cannot "ioctl" to /dev/null (var_lib_t).
4) /usr/sbin/useradd (useradd_t) cannot "read write" to (var_log_t).
5) /usr/sbin/useradd (useradd_t) cannot "write" to /dev/null (var_lib_t).

Detailed information:
avc: denied { write } for comm=groupadd dev=dm-0 egid=0 euid=0
exe=/usr/sbin/groupadd exit=0 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0 path=/dev/null
pid=1706 scontext=system_u:system_r:groupadd_t:s0 sgid=0
subj=system_u:system_r:groupadd_t:s0 suid=0 tclass=chr_file
tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 tty=pts3 uid=0 

avc: denied { ioctl } for comm=groupadd dev=dm-0 path=/dev/null pid=1706
scontext=system_u:system_r:groupadd_t:s0 tclass=chr_file
tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 

avc: denied { ioctl } for comm=useradd dev=dm-0 path=/dev/null pid=1947
scontext=system_u:system_r:useradd_t:s0 tclass=chr_file
tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 

avc: denied { read write } for comm=useradd dev=dm-0 name=faillog pid=1947
scontext=system_u:system_r:useradd_t:s0 tclass=file
tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_log_t:s0 

avc: denied { write } for comm=useradd dev=dm-0 egid=0 euid=0
exe=/usr/sbin/useradd exit=0 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0 path=/dev/null
pid=1947 scontext=system_u:system_r:useradd_t:s0 sgid=0
subj=system_u:system_r:useradd_t:s0 suid=0 tclass=chr_file
tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 tty=pts3 uid=0 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
selinux-policy-3.0.8-58.fc8

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. mock -r /etc/mock/fedora-8-x86_64.cfg init
  
Actual results:
The AVC denials list above are issued.

Expected results:
There should be no AVC denials.

Additional info:
mock-0.8.9-1.fc8

Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2007-12-10 20:08:54 UTC
Fixed in selinux-policy-3.0.8-68.fc8


Comment 2 Daniel Walsh 2008-01-30 19:19:13 UTC
Bulk closing all bugs in Fedora updates in the modified state.  If you bug is
not fixed, please reopen.