Bug 444027

Summary: weird messages in /var/log/messages
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Matěj Cepl <mcepl>
Component: selinux-policyAssignee: Daniel Walsh <dwalsh>
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: rawhideCC: jkubin, mcepl, sgrubb
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OS: Linux   
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Description Matěj Cepl 2008-04-24 16:51:24 UTC 
Description of problem:

What's this?

[root@viklef log]# grep 'audit rule' messages
Apr 23 00:04:13 viklef kernel: audit rule for selinux 'dhclient_t' is invalid
Apr 23 00:04:13 viklef kernel: audit rule for selinux 'mcstransd_t' is invalid
Apr 23 00:04:13 viklef kernel: audit rule for selinux 'samba_t' is invalid
Apr 23 00:05:17 viklef kernel: audit rule for selinux 'dhclient_t' is invalid
Apr 23 00:05:17 viklef kernel: audit rule for selinux 'mcstransd_t' is invalid
Apr 23 00:05:17 viklef kernel: audit rule for selinux 'samba_t' is invalid
Apr 23 10:30:11 viklef kernel: audit rule for selinux 'dhclient_t' is invalid
Apr 23 10:30:11 viklef kernel: audit rule for selinux 'mcstransd_t' is invalid
Apr 23 10:30:11 viklef kernel: audit rule for selinux 'samba_t' is invalid
Apr 23 10:31:15 viklef kernel: audit rule for selinux 'dhclient_t' is invalid
Apr 23 10:31:15 viklef kernel: audit rule for selinux 'mcstransd_t' is invalid
Apr 23 10:31:15 viklef kernel: audit rule for selinux 'samba_t' is invalid
Apr 23 13:50:50 viklef kernel: audit rule for selinux 'dhclient_t' is invalid
Apr 23 13:50:50 viklef kernel: audit rule for selinux 'mcstransd_t' is invalid
Apr 23 13:50:50 viklef kernel: audit rule for selinux 'samba_t' is invalid
[root@viklef log]# grep mcstransd_t /var/log/audit/audit.log
[root@viklef log]# 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
selinux-policy-targeted-3.3.1-35.fc9.noarch
Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2008-04-24 20:15:19 UTC 
Are you installing some kind of audit rules?
Comment 2 Matěj Cepl 2008-04-25 07:26:16 UTC 
If yes, then by mistake. How could I know?
Comment 3 Daniel Walsh 2008-04-25 10:01:22 UTC 
I don't know.  

Steve any ideas?
Comment 4 Steve Grubb 2008-04-25 10:28:22 UTC 
These messages seem to be coming from the kernel. It looks like a bunch of audit
by selinux type rules were loaded. These would be something like:

auditctl -a exit,always -F subj_type=mcstransd_t

They could either be loaded at the commandline or /etc/audit/audit.rules.
Anyways it looks like maybe a change to policy occurred that made the rules
invalid. So, the kernel was warning that the rules were being deleted after that
policy was loaded.
Comment 5 Matěj Cepl 2008-04-25 20:31:45 UTC 
Created attachment 303820 [details]
/etc/audit/auditd.conf
Comment 6 Matěj Cepl 2008-04-25 20:35:04 UTC 
Created attachment 303821 [details]
/etc/audit/audit.rules

And I swear I have never ever seen command like you mentioned in my life, even
less I would type with my hands.
Comment 7 Daniel Walsh 2008-04-25 20:44:18 UTC 
Could a post install script of an rpm have caused this or a rhts test script?
Comment 8 Matěj Cepl 2008-04-26 06:33:51 UTC 
(In reply to comment #7)
> Could a post install script of an rpm have caused this or a rhts test script?

The question was probably not targeted towards me, but just to note that I have
never had anything to do with RHTS, and even more it doesn't touch my personal
computer.
Comment 9 Daniel Walsh 2008-05-02 19:17:54 UTC 
Are you continuing to see this on reboot?  Have you seen this again?
Comment 10 Matěj Cepl 2008-05-03 07:23:31 UTC 
No error message since 2008-04-26. Thanks a lot.